Tar balls in Baltic Sea beaches

Water Resources

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-323

  Nemirovskaya, I A ^a  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

accumulation; hydrocarbons; origin; tar balls; transformation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OIL POLLUTION; OIL SPILL; TAR;

BALTIC REGION; KALININGRAD [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAMBIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 79957556100     PISSN: 00978078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0097807811020114     Document Type: Article

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