Long-term persistence of oil from the Exxon Valdez spill in two-layer beaches

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 96-99

  Li, Hailong ^a   Boufadel, Michel C ^b  

^a Temple University   (United States)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BEACH; FIELD SURVEY; FRESHWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MARINE POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OIL SPILL RESPONSE; PERMEABILITY; RAISED BEACH; TANKER SHIP;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76449104660     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo749     Document Type: Article

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