How does oil and gas behave when released in deepwater?

Journal of Hydro-Environment Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 275-285

  Yapa, Poojitha D ^a   Wimalaratne, Malinda R ^a   Dissanayake, Anusha L ^a   DeGraff, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a Clarkson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Deepwater plumes; Gas bubbles; Oil droplets; Underwater plumes

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; DEEPWATER; DEEPWATER OIL; DISPERSANTS; GAS BUBBLE; GENERAL PUBLICS; GULF OF MEXICO; KEY PARAMETERS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; OIL AND GAS; OIL DROPLETS; UNDERWATER PLUMES;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

DROPS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEEP WATER; DROPLET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL SPILL; PLUME;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84869210272     PISSN: 15706443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jher.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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