Oil spill science and technology
Subtitle: prevention, response, and clean up
By: edited by Mervin Fingas
Contributors: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Publisher: Gulf Professional Pub./Elsevier; Elsevier/Gulf Professional Pub.; Gulf Professional Publishing
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Burlington, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 1156
ISBN-13: 9781856179430
Subjects: Cleanup; Oil spils; Managements; Prevention; Oil spills
Description: 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 water chief among them. This reference will provide scientists, engineers and practitioners with the latest methods use for identify and eliminating spills before they occur and develop the best available techniques, equipment and materials for dealing with oil spills in every environment. Topics covered include: spill dynamics and behaviour, spill treating agents, and cleanup techniques such as: in situ burning, mechanical containment or recovery, chemical and biological methods and physical methods are used to clean up shorelines. Also included are the fate and effects of oil spills and means to assess damage. Covers spill dynamics and behaviour Definitive guide to spill treating agents Complete coverage of cleanup techniques Includes fate and effects of oil spills and means to assess damage.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: 1 Introduction and the Oil Spill Problem; title: 2 Risk Analysis and Prevention; title: 3 Types of Oils and Their Properties; title: 4 Oil Analysis and Remote Sensing; title: 5. Behaviour of Oil in the Environment; title: 6 Physical Spill Countermeasures on Water; title: 7 Treating Agents; title: 8 In situ Burning; title: 9 Shoreline Countermeasures; title: 10 Separation and Disposal; title: 11 Spills on land; title: 12 Assessment; title: 13 Oil Biodegradation; title: 14 Arctic Spills and Cleanup; title: 15 Effects of Oil in the Environment; title: 16 Contingency Planning and Command; title: 17 Specific Case Studies.