Surface weathering and dispersibility of MC252 crude oil

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 300-310

  Daling, Per S ^a   Leirvik, Frode ^a   Almås, Inger Kjersti ^a   Brandvik, Per Johan ^a   Hansen, Bjørn Henrik ^a   Lewis, Alun ^b   Reed, Mark ^a  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b Alun Lewis Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersant effectiveness; Oil dispersibility; Oil spill; Oil weathering model predictions; Sea surface oil weathering MC252

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; OIL SPILLS; SURFACE WATERS; VISCOSITY;

BREAKING WAVES; DISPERSANTS; DISPERSIBILITIES; LOW VISCOSITY; MODEL PREDICTION; OIL WEATHERING; SURFACE WEATHERING; WATER IN OIL EMULSIONS;

WEATHERING;

MC252 OIL; PETROLEUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EMULSION; WATER POLLUTANT;

BREAKING WAVE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CRUDE OIL; DISPERSANT; DISPERSION; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DISPERSION; DISSOLUTION; EMULSION; EVAPORATION; FLASH POINT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POUR POINT; PREDICTION; VISCOSITY; WEATHERING; CHEMISTRY; PRESSURE; TIME; WATER POLLUTANT;

EMULSIONS; PETROLEUM; PRESSURE; TIME FACTORS; VISCOSITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84924083778     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.07.005     Document Type: Article

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