Including impacts of particulate emissions on marine ecosystems in life cycle assessment: The case of offshore oil and gas production

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 678-686

  Veltman, Karin ^a   Huijbregts, Mark A J ^b   Rye, Henrik ^c   Hertwich, Edgar G ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Characterization factors; LCA; Marine ecosystems; Offshore oil and gas production; Particulate emissions

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; METHODOLOGY; OIL AND GAS FIELD; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEAWATER;

EID: 84857428271     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.246     Document Type: Article

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