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Oil spill science and technology [electronic resource] : prevention, response, and clean up / edited by Mervin Fingas.

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The National Academy of Sciences estimate that 1.7 to 8.8 million tons of oil are released into world's water every year, of which more than 70% is directly related to human activities. The effects of these spills are all too apparent: dead wildlife, oil covered marshlands and contaminated wate...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Knovel)
Other Authors: Fingas, Mervin F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Burlington, MA : Gulf Professional Pub./Elsevier, ©2011.
Subjects:
Oil spills > Prevention.
Oil spills > Cleanup.
Oil spills > Management.
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction and the Oil Spill Problem
  • 2 Risk Analysis and Prevention
  • 3 Types of Oils and Their Properties
  • 4 Oil Analysis and Remote Sensing
  • 5. Behaviour of Oil in the Environment
  • 6 Physical Spill Countermeasures on Water
  • 7 Treating Agents
  • 8 In situ Burning
  • 9 Shoreline Countermeasures
  • 10 Separation and Disposal
  • 11 Spills on land
  • 12 Assessment
  • 13 Oil Biodegradation
  • 14 Arctic Spills and Cleanup
  • 15 Effects of Oil in the Environment
  • 16 Contingency Planning and Command
  • 17 Specific Case Studies.

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