Fate of drilling waste discharges and ecological risk assessment in the Egyptian Red Sea: An aquivalence-based fuzzy analysis

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 169-181

  Agwa, Ahmad ^a   Leheta, Heba ^a   Salem, Ahmed ^a   Sadiq, Rehan ^b  

^a Alexandria University The Faculty Of Engineering   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquivalence; Drilling waste; Ecological risk assessment; Fuzzy; Heavy metals; Water based mud

Indexed keywords

DRILLING FLUIDS; HEAVY METALS; INFILL DRILLING; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTION;

AQUIVALENCE; DRILLING WASTES; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; FUZZY; WATER-BASED MUDS;

OFFSHORE DRILLING;

DISCHARGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HEAVY METAL; MARINE POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EGYPT; GULF OF SUEZ; INDIAN OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; RED SEA [(GVR) EGYPT]; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 84871460405     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-012-0574-0     Document Type: Article

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