Characterization of oil components from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico using fluorescence EEM and PARAFAC techniques

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 148, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-21

  Zhou, Zhengzhen ^a   Guo, Laodong ^a   Shiller, Alan M ^a   Lohrenz, Steven E ^a,c   Asper, Vernon L ^a   Osburn, Christopher L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

CDOM; Deepwater Horizon oil spill; Dissolved organic matter; Fluorescence EEMs; Gulf of Mexico; PARAFAC analysis

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE; CRUDE OIL; DEEP WATER; DEGRADATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OIL SPILL; SEAWATER; SURFACE WATER; TRANSFORMATION; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84871549617     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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