Oil spill science and technology : prevention, response, and clean up /

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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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors:	Fingas, Mervin F.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Burlington, MA : Gulf Professional Pub./Elsevier, ©2011.
Subjects:	Oil spills > Prevention. Oil spills > Cleanup. Oil spills > Management. Déversements de pétrole > Prévention. Déversements de pétrole > Nettoyage. Déversements de pétrole > Gestion. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Water Supply. Oil spills > Cleanup Oil spills > Management Oil spills > Prevention olieverontreinigingen oil spills verontreiniging pollution milieubescherming environmental protection chemische proceskunde chemical engineering technologie technology Engineering (General) Techniek (algemeen) Electronic books.
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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.