Modelling the Transport of Oil-Mineral-Aggregates (OMAs) in the Marine Environment and Assessment of Their Potential Risks

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-75

  Niu, Haibo ^a   Li, Zhengkai ^a   Lee, Kenneth ^a   Kepkay, Paul ^a   Mullin, Joseph V ^b  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Oil spill; Oil mineral aggregates; Particle tracking; Random walk; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; MINERALS; OIL SPILLS; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION;

LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINERAL AGGREGATE; PARTICLE TRACKING; RANDOM WALK; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SUSPENDED PARTICLES; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGGREGATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINERAL; MODELING; OIL; OIL SPILL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

BRISTOL CHANNEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79151469774     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10666-010-9228-0     Document Type: Article

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