Lessons from the Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster in Alaska

Disaster Advances

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 270-273

  Xia, Yuqiang ^a   Boufadel, Michel C ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Bioremediation; Exxon valdez oil spill (EVOS); Lingering oil; Oil spill disasters

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BIOREMEDIATION; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE POLLUTION; MARSH; OIL SPILL; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650028837     PISSN: 0974262X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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