Photolytic and photocatalytic degradation of surface oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill

Chemosphere

Volumn 95, Issue , 2014, Pages 415-422

  King, Sarah M ^a   Leaf, Peter A ^a   Olson, Amy C ^a   Ray, Phoebe Z ^a   Tarr, Matthew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Oil spill; Petroleum; Photocatalyst; Photochemistry; Remediation

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CRUDE OIL; DEGRADATION; FLUORESCENCE; IRRADIATION; LUBRICATING OILS; OIL SPILLS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; REMEDIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TOXICITY;

DEEPWATER HORIZONS; DEGRADATION RATE; FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); SIMULATED SUNLIGHT; SOLAR IRRADIATION;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ALKANE; OIL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; WATER; PETROLEUM; WATER POLLUTANT;

ABSORBANCE; BIODEGRADATION; EMISSION; FLUORESCENCE; IRRADIATION; OIL SPILL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; REMEDIATION; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; GULF OF MEXICO; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUNLIGHT; SURFACE PROPERTY; ANALYSIS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; OIL SPILL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

ALKANES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GULF OF MEXICO; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84887609941     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.09.060     Document Type: Article

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