The M/V Cosco Busan spill: Source identification and short-term fate

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2123-2129

  Lemkau, Karin L ^a,b   Peacock, Emily E ^b   Nelson, Robert K ^b   Ventura, G Todd ^b   Kovecses, Jennifer L ^c   Reddy, Christopher M ^b  

^a MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c San Francisco   (United States)

Author keywords

Heavy fuel oil; M V Cosco Busan; Oil spills; Petroleum weathering; San Francisco Bay

Indexed keywords

GC AND GC; HEAVY FUEL-OIL; M/V COSCO BUSAN; OIL COMPOSITION; PETROLEUM WEATHERING; RETENTION TIME; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SOUND DECISION; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BIODEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; FUELS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS; OIL SPILLS; OILS AND FATS; SOIL MECHANICS; WEATHERING;

FUEL OILS;

BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CHRYSENE; FUEL OIL;

BIODEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EVAPORATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; OIL SPILL; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EVAPORATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; OIL SPILL; PHOTODEGRADATION; SEASHORE; TANK;

ACCIDENTS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUEL OILS; SAN FRANCISCO; SEAWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049283774     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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