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Oil spill environmental forensics : fingerprinting and source identification /

Oil Spill Environmental Forensics provides a complete view of the various forensic techniques used to identify the source of an oil spill into the environment. The forensic procedures described within represent various methods from scientists throughout the world. The authors explore which analytica...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Wang, Zhendi; Stout, Scott A
Published: Elsevier/Academic Press,
Publisher Address: Amsterdam ; Boston, MA :
Publication Dates: 2007.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Environmental forensics
Pollution > Measurement
Oil spills > Environmental aspects
Environmental chemistry
LAW > Forensic Science
Electronic books
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123695239
Summary: Oil Spill Environmental Forensics provides a complete view of the various forensic techniques used to identify the source of an oil spill into the environment. The forensic procedures described within represent various methods from scientists throughout the world. The authors explore which analytical and interpretative techniques are best suited for a particular oil spill project. This handy reference also explores the use of these techniques in actual environmental oil spills. Famous incidents discussed include the Exxon Valdez incident in 1989 and the Guanabara Bay, Brazil 2000. The author
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (1, 554 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780080467733
0080467733
Index Number: TD193
CLC: X5
Contents: FOREWORD; CONTRIBUTORS; Chemical Fingerprinting of Spilled or Discharged Petroleum Methods and Factors Affecting Petroleum Fingerprints in the Environment; Spill Site Investigation in Environmental Forensic Investigation; Petroleum Biomarker Fingerprinting for Oil Spill Characterization and Source Identification; Characterization of Polycyclic Aromatic Sulfur Heterocycles for Source Identification; Oil Spill Identification by Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography (GCxGC); Application of Stable Isotope Ratios in Spilled Oil Identification; Emerging CEN Methodology for Oil Spill Ide

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