The 1974 spill of the Bouchard 65 oil barge: Petroleum hydrocarbons persist in Winsor Cove salt marsh sediments

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 214-225

  Peacock, Emily E ^a,b   Hampson, George R ^a   Nelson, Robert K ^a   Xu, Li ^a   Frysinger, Glenn S ^c   Gaines, Richard B ^c   Farrington, John W ^a   Tripp, Bruce W ^a   Reddy, Christopher M ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

^c U S COAST GUARD ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bouchard 65; GC GC; No. 2 fuel oil; Petroleum hydrocarbons; Salt marsh; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; EVAPORATION; FUEL OILS; NAPHTHALENE; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTS;

ANTHRACENES; MARSH SEDIMENTS; OIL BARGES; PHENANTHRENES;

OIL SPILLS;

ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; OIL SPILL RESPONSE; PAH; PERSISTENCE; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION MONITORING; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EVAPORATION; OIL SPILL; SALT MARSH; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MASSACHUSETTS; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BUZZARDS BAY; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WINSOR COVE;

EID: 33846563039     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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