A tracer study in an Alaskan gravel beach and its implications on the persistence of the Exxon Valdez oil

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1261-1269

  Li, Hailong ^a,b   Boufadel, Michel C ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Nutrient application; Oil spills; Seawater groundwater interaction; Tidal beach; Tracer study

Indexed keywords

EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL; GRAVEL BEACHES; NUMERICAL MODELS; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND , ALASKA; SEAWATER-GROUNDWATER INTERACTION; TIDAL BEACH; TRACER INJECTIONS; TRACER STUDY; UPPER LAYER;

BEACHES; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVEL; GROUNDWATER; LITHIUM; OIL SPILLS; POLLUTION; SEAWATER;

NUTRIENTS;

LITHIUM; OIL; TRACER;

BIOREMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER-SEAWATER INTERACTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OIL SPILL; TRACER;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; NUTRIENT; OIL SPILL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASHORE; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; BATHING BEACHES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PETROLEUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958768255     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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