A review of oil, dispersed oil and sediment interactions in the aquatic environment: Influence on the fate, transport and remediation of oil spills

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 16-33

  Gong, Yanyan ^a   Zhao, Xiao ^a   Cai, Zhengqing ^a   O'Reilly, S E ^b   Hao, Xiaodi ^a,c   Zhao, Dongye ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Office of Environment   (United States)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE   (China)

Author keywords

Dispersants; Dispersed oil; Oil spill; Oil sediment interaction; Sediment; Sorption

Indexed keywords

MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILLS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENTS; SORPTION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

CONTROLLING PARAMETERS; DEEPWATER ENVIRONMENTS; DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILLS; DISPERSANTS; DISPERSED OIL; OIL-SEDIMENT INTERACTION; SEDIMENT PARTICLE SIZE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATERIAL;

PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION;

OIL; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

DEEP WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SORPTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DISPERSION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OIL SPILL; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; REVIEW; SALINITY; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER POLLUTION;

DISPERSANTS; DISPERSED OIL; OIL SPILL; OIL-SEDIMENT INTERACTION; SEDIMENT; SORPTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84893859031     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.12.024     Document Type: Review

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