Accelerating the natural removal of oil on beaches: Part 1 - Sediment relocation

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

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 661-678

  Owens, E H ^a   Sergy, G A ^b  

^a POLARIS APPLIED SCIENCES INC   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; OIL SPILLS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FIELD TRIAL; REMOVAL OF OIL; SVALBARD; TECHNICAL SEMINARS; TREATMENT RATE;

MARINE POLLUTION;

EID: 3543032219     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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