Biodegradation of Oil Hydrocarbons and its Implications for Source Identification

Oil Spill Environmental Forensics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 349-379

  Prince, Roger C ^a   Walters, Clifford C ^b  

^a EexxonMobil Biomedical Sciences Inc   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012369523-9.50015-X     Document Type: Chapter

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