A new model for the biodegradation kinetics of oil droplets: Application to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico

Geochemical Transactions

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Vilcáez, Javier ^a,c   Li, Li ^a   Hubbard, Susan S ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Deepwater horizon oil spill; Gulf of Mexico oil spill; Modeling; Oil droplets; Shrinking core model; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; DROPLET; MARINE POLLUTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NATURAL ATTENUATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL SPILL; REACTION KINETICS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84885509474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14674866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1467-4866-14-4     Document Type: Article

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