Distribution of hydrocarbons released during the 2010 MC252 oil spill in deep offshore waters

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 173, Issue , 2013, Pages 224-230

  Spier, Chelsea ^a   Stringfellow, William T ^a,b   Hazen, Terry C ^b,c   Conrad, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deepwater Horizon; Dispersant; Distribution; Hydrocarbon; Plume

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DEEPWATER; DEEPWATER HYDROCARBON; DISPERSANTS; DISTRIBUTION; OFFSHORE WATER; OIL PLATFORMS; PLUME; SUBSURFACE WATERS; TOXIC LEVELS; WATER SOLUBLE COMPOUNDS;

DRILLING PLATFORMS; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OIL SPILLS;

HYDROCARBONS;

HYDROCARBON; OIL DISPERSANT;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSANT; HYDROCARBON; OIL SPILL; PLUME;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OIL SPILL; PREDICTION; SOLUBILITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84870159815     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.10.019     Document Type: Article

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