The impact of Deepwater Horizon oil spill on petroleum hydrocarbons in surface waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 129, Issue , 2016, Pages 292-300

  Liu, Zhanfei ^a   Liu, Jiqing ^a   Gardner, Wayne S ^a   Shank, G Christopher ^a   Ostrom, Nathaniel E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deepwater Horizon oil spill; N Alkanes; Northern Gulf of Mexico; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Surface water; Suspended particles

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; HYDROCARBONS; MARINE POLLUTION; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SURFACE WATERS;

DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILLS; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; N-ALKANES; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; PARTICLE COMPOSITION; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); SUSPENDED PARTICLES;

OIL SPILLS;

ALGAE;

EID: 84893178647     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.01.013     Document Type: Article

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