Chemical Fingerprinting of Spilled or Discharged Petroleum - Methods and Factors Affecting Petroleum Fingerprints in the Environment

Oil Spill Environmental Forensics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-53

  Stout, Scott A ^a   Wang, Zhendi ^b  

^a NewFields Environmental Forensics Practice LLC   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012369523-9.50005-7     Document Type: Chapter

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