Modeling the spill in the Songhua River after the explosion in the petrochemical plant in Jilin

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 178-181

  Fu, Wenjing ^a   Fu, Huijin ^a   Skøtt, Karen ^a   Yang, Min ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accidents; Benzene; Chemical industry; China; Harbin; Jilin; Model; Nitrobenzene; Petrochemical plant; Songhua River; Spills

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPLOSION; MODELING; MONITORING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL SPILL; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; RIVER POLLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HARBIN; HEILONGJIANG; JILIN; SONGHUA RIVER;

EID: 50049096818     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/espr2007.11.457     Document Type: Article

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