Advances in Forensic Techniques for Petroleum Hydrocarbons. The Exxon Valdez Experience

Oil Spill Environmental Forensics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 449-487

  Bence, A Edward ^a,b   Page, David S ^c   Boehm, Paul D ^d  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b AEB Services LLC ^*  (United States)

^c BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORENSIC SCIENCE; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILLS;

BIOGENIC HYDROCARBONS; DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING; EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL; FORENSIC TECHNIQUES; HYDROCARBON SOURCES; NATURAL LABORATORIES; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND;

HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 35948987811     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012369523-9.50019-7     Document Type: Chapter

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