Hydrodynamic factors affecting the persistence of the Exxon Valdez oil in a shallow bedrock beach

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Xia, Yuqiang ^a,b   Li, Hailong ^a,b   Boufadel, Michel C ^b   Sharifi, Youness ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCHANGE FLOW; EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FIELD STUDIES; GRAVEL BEACHES; INTERTIDAL ZONES; LIMITING FACTORS; LOW PERMEABILITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MULTICOMPONENT FLOW; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUTRIENT AMENDMENTS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; OUTFLOW RATE; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND , ALASKA; SURFACE LAYERS; TWO LAYERS; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; BEACHES; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDRAULICS; LITHIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OIL SPILLS; POLLUTION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER;

NUTRIENTS;

BEACH; BEDROCK; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FIELD METHOD; GROUNDWATER-SEAWATER INTERACTION; GROWTH RATE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LIMITING FACTOR; LITHIUM; MARINE POLLUTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT; OIL SPILL; PERMEABILITY; SALINITY; SHALLOW SOIL; SURFACE LAYER; TIDAL CYCLE; WATER TABLE;

ALASKA; KNIGHT ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958605855     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009179     Document Type: Article

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