Assessing the damage caused by Deepwater Horizon: Not just another Exxon Valdez

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 20-22

  Perrons, Robert K ^a,b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Damages; Deepwater Horizon; Law; Oil spill

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC LITERATURE; DAMAGES; DEEPWATER HORIZONS; LAW; ME-XICO; SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS;

MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILLS;

DAMAGE DETECTION;

PETROLEUM;

COASTAL WATER; DAMAGE; DRILLING RIG; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILL;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ACCIDENT; COASTAL WATERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

DISASTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALASKA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878662011     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.03.016     Document Type: Article

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