Multimedia fate of oil spills in a marine environment-An integrated modelling approach

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 86, Issue 2 B, 2008, Pages 141-148

  Nazir, Muddassir ^a   Khan, Faisal ^a   Amyotte, Paul ^b   Sadiq, Rehan ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic multimedia model; Fugacity based model; Oil spill modelling; Oil weathering

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); DYNAMIC MODELS; ENGINEERS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS; MARINE POLLUTION; NAPHTHALENE; OIL SPILLS; SEDIMENTATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WEATHERING;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERS; INTEGRATED MODELLING APPROACH; MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; OIL SLICKS; OIL WEATHERING; SEDIMENT COMPARTMENT; VOLUME GROWTH; WATER COLUMN (WC);

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

EID: 42549145630     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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