Illegal oil spills from ships: Monitoring by remote sensing

Law, Technology and Science for Oceans in Globalisation: IUU Fishing, Oil Pollution, Bioprospecting, Outer Continental Shelf

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 213-229

  Trieschmann, Olaf ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MARITIME SAFETY AGENCY   (Portugal)

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EID: 84882716922     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004180406.i-610     Document Type: Chapter

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