Identifying the source of tar balls deposited along the beaches of Goa in 2013 and comparing with historical data collected along the West Coast of India

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 527-528, Issue , 2015, Pages 313-321

  Suneel, V ^a   Vethamony, P ^a   Naik, B G ^a   Krishna, M S ^a   Jadhav, Lakshmikant ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Bombay high; Fingerprinting; Isotopes; Oil spill; Steranes; Tar balls; Terpanes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BEACHES; ISOTOPES; OIL FIELDS; OIL SHALE; OIL SPILLS; PARAFFINS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TANKERS (SHIPS); WEATHERING;

BOMBAY HIGH; FINGERPRINTING; STERANES; TAR BALLS; TERPANES;

TAR;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; HYDROCARBON; PENTACYCLIC TERPANE DERIVATIVE; STERANE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PETROLEUM; WATER POLLUTANT;

BEACH; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; COASTAL ZONE; OIL SPILL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TAR;

ARTICLE; CARBON PREFERENCE INDEX; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMOMETRICS; COMPOUND SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; DISPERSION; EVAPORATION; FRACTIONATION; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OIL SPILL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SEASONAL RAIN FOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHIP; TANKER WASH; TAR BALL; WEATHERING; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OIL AND GAS FIELD; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWIMMING; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WEATHER;

GOA; GUJARAT; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI;

BATHING BEACHES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; SEASONS; SHIPS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WEATHER;

EID: 84928964165     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.102     Document Type: Article

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