Persistence of 10-year old Exxon Valdez oil on Gulf of Alaska beaches: The importance of boulder-armoring

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1011-1022

  Irvine, Gail V ^a   Mann, Daniel H ^b   Short, Jeffrey W ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boulder armored beaches; Chemical and physical weathering of oil; Exxon Valdez; Gulf of Alaska; Oil mousse; Oil persistence; Oil spill; Petroleum hydrocarbons; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)

Indexed keywords

BOULDER-ARMORED BEACHES; EXXON VALDEZ; GULF OF ALASKA; OIL MOUSSE; OIL PERSISTENCE; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY; OIL SPILLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WEATHERING;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

OIL;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BOULDER; CONTAMINATED LAND; GEOMORPHOLOGY; OIL SPILL; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; WAVE ACTION; WEATHERING;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; OIL SPILL; SEA POLLUTION; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SEASHORE; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISASTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SHIPS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33748900106     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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