Prediction of tar ball formation

Environment Canada Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program Technical Seminar (AMOP) Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 79-90

  Khelifa, Ali ^a   Gamble, Lloyd ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; MARINE POLLUTION; MIXING; OIL SPILLS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BREAKING WAVES; DOMINANT FACTOR; MARINE OIL SPILLS; MIXING ENERGIES; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; TECHNICAL SEMINARS; VANCOUVER , BRITISH COLUMBIA;

TAR;

EID: 33750205730     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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