Application of fluorescence and PARAFAC to assess vertical distribution of subsurface hydrocarbons and dispersant during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Environmental Sciences: Processes and Impacts

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1017-1030

  Mendoza, Wilson G ^a,b   Riemer, Daniel D ^a   Zika, Rod G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC MATTER; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; WATER;

ARTICLE; EXCITATION EMISSION FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE AND PARALLEL FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GULF OF MEXICO; OIL SPILL; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORESCENCE; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84877294937     PISSN: 20507887     EISSN: 20507895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3em30816b     Document Type: Article

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