A three-step model to assess shoreline and offshore susceptibility to oil spills: The South Aegean (Crete) as an analogue for confined marine basins

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 443-457

  Alves, Tiago M ^a   Kokinou, Eleni ^b   Zodiatis, George ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Geology; GIS; Oceanography; Oil spill predictions; Shoreline susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; BATHYMETRY; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OCEANOGRAPHY; OIL SHALE; OIL SPILLS;

ACCIDENT SCENARIOS; BATHYMETRIC FEATURES; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; HIGH PERMEABILITY; OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS; OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; REAL TIME ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; DISPERSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEAN CURRENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; OIL SPILL; PREDICTION; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; WEATHER; WIND; ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GREECE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; WATER FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GREECE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANOGRAPHY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WEATHER;

EID: 84922680068     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.06.034     Document Type: Article

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