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  title info:
    title: Handbook of oil spill science and technology
  name:
    name part: Fingas, Mervin F.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Knovel (Firm)
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  genre: Electronic book.
  genre: Handbooks and manuals.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nju
    date issued: 2015
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource
  abstract: Provides a scientific basis for the cleanup and for the assessment of oil spillsEnables Non-scientific officers to understand the science they use on a daily basisMulti-disciplinary approach covering fields as diverse as biology, microbiology, chemistry, physics, oceanography and toxicologyCovers the science of oil spills from risk analysis to cleanup and through the effects on the environmentIncludes case studies examining and analyzing spills, such as Tasman Spirit oil spill on the Karachi Coast, and provides lessons to prevent these in the future.
  table of contents: Machine-generated contents note: part I RISK ANALYSIS -- 1. Risk Analysis and Prevention / Dagmar Schmidt Etkin -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Executive Summary -- 1.3. Oil Spill Risk Analysis -- 1.3.1. Defining "Oil Spill Risk" -- 1.3.2. Factors That Determine the Probability of Spill Occurrence -- 1.3.3. Probability Distributions of Spill Volume -- 1.3.4. Determining the Probable Locations and Timing of Spills -- 1.3.5. Factors That Determine the Consequences/Impacts of a Spill -- 1.3.6. Spill Impacts: The Effects of Spill Location Type -- 1.3.7. Measuring Oil Spill Impacts -- 1.3.8. Interpreting Risk for Policy-Making -- 1.4. Overview of Oil Spill Prevention -- 1.4.1. Basic Strategies for Spill Prevention -- 1.4.2. Implementation of Spill Prevention Measures -- 1.4.3. Effectiveness of Spill Prevention -- 1.4.4. Spill Fines and Penalties as Deterrents -- References -- part II OIL PROPERTIES -- 2. Oil Physical Properties: Measurement and Correlation / Bruce P. Hollebone -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Bulk Properties of Crude Oil and Fuel Products -- 2.2.1. Density and API Gravity -- 2.2.2. Dynamic Viscosity -- 2.2.3. Surface and Interfacial Tensions -- 2.2.4. Flash Point -- 2.2.5. Pour Point -- 2.2.6. Sulphur Content -- 2.2.7. Water Content -- 2.2.8. Evaluation of the Stability of Emulsions Formed from Brine and Oils and Oil Products -- 2.2.9. Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Dispersants on an Oil -- 2.2.10. Adhesion -- 2.3. Hydrocarbon Groups -- 2.3.1. Saturates -- 2.3.2. Aromatics -- 2.3.3. Resins -- 2.3.4. Asphaltenes -- 2.4. Quality Assurance and Control -- 2.5. Effects of Evaporative Weathering on Oil Bulk Properties -- 2.5.1. Weathering -- 2.5.2. Preparing Evaporated (Weathered) Samples of Oils -- 2.5.3. Quantifying Equation(s) for Predicting Evaporation -- References -- part III OIL COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES -- 3. Introduction to Oil Chemistry and Properties / Merv Fingas -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. The Composition of Oil -- 3.2.1. SARA -- 3.2.2. Sulphur Com…
  table of contents: Brown -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. Atmospheric Properties -- 12.3. Oil Interaction with Light and Electronic Waves -- 12.4. Visible Indications of Oil -- 12.5. Optical Sensors -- 12.5.1. Visible -- 12.5.2. IR -- 12.5.3. Near IR -- 12.5.4. UV -- 12.6. Laser Fluorosensors -- 12.7. Microwave Sensors -- 12.7.1. Radiometers -- 12.7.2. Radar -- 12.7.3. Microwave Scatterometers -- 12.7.4. Surface-Wave Radars -- 12.7.5. Interferometric Radar -- 12.8. Slick Thickness Determination -- 12.8.1. Visual Thickness Indications -- 12.8.2. Slick Thickness Relationships in Remote Sensors -- 12.8.3. Specific Thickness Sensors -- 12.9. Integrated Airborne Sensor Systems -- 12.10. Satellite Remote Sensing -- 12.10.1. Optical -- 12.10.2. Radar -- 12.11. Oil-Under-Ice Detection -- 12.12. Underwater Detection and Tracking -- 12.13. Small Remote-Controlled Aircraft -- 12.14. Real-Time Displays and Printers -- 12.15. Routine Surveillance -- 12.16. Future Trends -- 12.17. Recommendations -- References -- 13. Detection, Tracking, and Remote-Sensing: Satellites and Image Processing (Spaceborne Oil Spill Detection) / Guido Ferraro -- 13.1. Introduction -- 13.2. Oil Spills Detection by Satellite -- 13.2.1. Optical Remote-Sensing -- 13.2.2. Microwave Remote-Sensing -- 13.3. From Research to Operational Services -- 13.3.1. Historical attempts -- 13.3.2. Operational Oil Spill Detection -- 13.3.3. Oil Seepage Detection Aspects -- 13.4. Ancillary Data -- 13.4.1. Detection Capability -- 13.4.2. Risk of Pollution -- 13.4.3. Ship Detection (AIS, LRIT, VMS, Satellite AIS) -- 13.5. Summary and Conclusions -- References.
  table of contents: Note continued: 14. Detection of Oil in, with, and under Ice and Snow / Carl E. Brown -- 14.1. Introduction -- 14.2. Overview of Detection of Oil in or under Ice and Snow -- 14.2.1. Optical Methods -- 14.2.2. Acoustic Methods -- 14.2.3. Radio-Frequency Methods -- 14.2.4. Ground-Penetrating Radar -- 14.2.5. UHF Radiometer -- 14.2.6. Nuclear Techniques -- 14.2.7. Gas Sniffing and Leak Detection -- 14.2.8. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance -- 14.3. Detection of Surface Oil with Ice: Conventional Techniques -- 14.4. Conclusions -- References -- part VIII OIL SPILLS ON LAND -- 15. Bioremediation of Oil Spills on Land / Ania C. Ulrich -- 15.1. Introduction -- 15.2. Brief Overview of Bioremediation Techniques for Land Oil Spills -- 15.2.1. In Situ versus Ex Situ -- 15.2.2. Biostimulation versus Bioaugmentation -- 15.3. Key Organisms Involved in Biodegradation of Oil Spills on Land -- 15.3.1. Communities versus Isolates -- 15.4. Environmental Factors Affecting Bioremediation -- 15.4.1. Temperature -- 15.4.2. pH -- 15.4.3. Salinity -- 15.4.4. Nutrients -- 15.4.5. Moisture -- 15.4.6. Redox Environment -- 15.4.7. Soil Type -- 15.5. In Situ Bioremediation Strategies -- 15.5.1. Bioventing -- 15.5.2. Enhanced Bioremediation -- 15.5.3. Monitored Natural Attenuation -- 15.6. Ex Situ Land Treatment Techniques -- 15.6.1. Land-farming and Land Treatment -- 15.6.2. Biopiles -- 15.6.3. Organic Amendments -- 15.7. Bioaugmentation Strategies -- 15.7.1. Key Bacteria Used in Bioaugmentation -- 15.7.2. Role of Other Organisms -- 15.8. Biostimulation Strategies -- 15.8.1. Biosurfactants -- References -- 16. Microbe-Assisted Phytoremediation of Petroleum Impacted Soil: A Scientifically-Proven Green Technology / Bruce M. Greenberg -- 16.1. Introduction -- 16.1.1. Overview of Phytoremediation -- 16.1.2. Developing Microbe-Assisted Phytoremediation as a Remedial Strategy for PHC -- 16.1.3. Benefits and Challenges of Phytoremediation and Microbe-Assisted Phytoremediation -- 16.1.4. Successful Field Tests…
  note: edited by Merv Fingas.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Oil spills
    topic: Prevention
    genre: Handbooks, manuals, etc
  subject:
    topic: Oil spills
    topic: Cleanup
    genre: Handbooks, manuals, etc
  subject:
    topic: Oil spills
    topic: Management
    genre: Handbooks, manuals, etc
  subject:
    topic: Déversements de pétrole
    topic: Prévention
    genre: Guides, manuels, etc
  subject:
    topic: Déversements de pétrole
    topic: Nettoyage
    genre: Guides, manuels, etc
  subject:
    topic: Déversements de pétrole
    topic: Gestion
    genre: Guides, manuels, etc
  subject:
    topic: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
    topic: Environmental
    topic: General
  subject:
    topic: Oil spills
    topic: Cleanup
  subject:
    topic: Oil spills
    topic: Management
  subject:
    topic: Oil spills
    topic: Prevention
  classification: TD427.P4
  classification: 628.1/6833
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      publisher: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2015
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    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng