Self-similar distribution of oil spills in European coastal waters

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Redondo, Jose M ^a   Platonov, Alexei K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; OIL SPILLS; OIL TANKERS; POLLUTION DETECTION; SHIPS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; HISTORICAL DATABASE; MARINE ACCIDENTS; NORTH-WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEAS; OIL SPILL DETECTION; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

MARINE POLLUTION;

EID: 67650068199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/4/1/014008     Document Type: Article

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