Disentangling oil weathering at a marine seep using GCxGC: Broad metabolic specificity accompanies subsurface petroleum biodegradation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 7166-7173

  Wardlaw, George D ^a   Arey, J Samuel ^b   Reddy, Christopher M ^c   Nelson, Robert K ^c   Ventura, G Todd ^c   Valentine, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; EROSION; EVAPORATION; FLOORS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOISTURE; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SOIL MECHANICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VAPORS; WEATHERING; METABOLISM; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

CALIFORNIA; COASTAL OCEAN; COMPLEX MIXTURES; COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GC X GC; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION; MASS LOSSES; MOLECULAR DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR LEVELS; NATURAL SEEPS; OIL WEATHERING; PETROLEUM BIODEGRADATION; PETROLEUM COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL WEATHERING; SANTA BARBARA; SEA FLOORS; SEA SURFACES; SUBSURFACE DEGRADATION; SUBSURFACE RESERVOIRS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; BIODEGRADATION;

OIL; PETROLEUM;

BIODEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; OIL SEEP; PETROLEUM; SEAFLOOR; SEEPAGE; WEATHERING;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; EVAPORATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; OIL SPILL; SEA POLLUTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WEATHERING;

AIR; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FLAME IONIZATION; HYDROCARBONS; OILS; PETROLEUM; SEAWATER; VOLATILIZATION; WATER; WEATHER;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA BARBARA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

BIOLOGICAL WEATHERING; CALIFORNIA; COASTAL OCEAN; COMPLEX MIXTURE; COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION; MASS LOSS; MOLECULAR DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR LEVELS; NATURAL SEEPS; OIL SEEPS; OIL WEATHERING; PETROLEUM COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL WEATHERING; SANTA BARBARA; SEA FLOOR; SEA SURFACES; SUBSURFACE DEGRADATION; SUBSURFACE RESERVOIR; TWO DIMENSIONAL GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 54849195200     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8013908     Document Type: Article

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