The weathering of oil after the DeepwaterHorizon oil spill: Insights from the chemical composition of the oil from the sea surface, salt marshes and sediments

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Liu, Zhanfei ^a   Liu, Jiqing ^a   Zhu, Qingzhi ^b   Wu, Wei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkylated PAHs; Deepwater Horizon oil spill; N alkane hydrocarbon; Northern Gulf of Mexico; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; Salt marsh; Sediment; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; DEPOSITS; ECOSYSTEMS; LEAD; OIL SPILLS; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TOLUENE; WEATHERING; WELLHEADS; WETLANDS;

ALKYLATED PAHS; DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILLS; N-ALKANES; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; SALT MARSHES; TRACE METAL;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; HEAVY METAL; HYDROCARBON; OIL SPILL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SALTMARSH; SEA SURFACE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY; TRACE METAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84867034498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/7/3/035302     Document Type: Article

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