| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Oil spills and risk perceptions / A.H. Walker -- 2. Quantification of oil spill risk / D.S. Etkin [and five others] -- 3. Oil physical properties : measurement and correlation / B. Hollebone -- 4. Chemical fingerprints of crude oils and petroleum products / C. Yang [and seven others] -- 5. Oil spill remote sensing / M. Fingas, C.E. Brown -- 6. Oil spill detection using space-borne sentinel-1 SAR imagery / K. Topouzelis, S. Singha -- 7. Laser fluorosensors / C.E. Brown -- 8. Introduction to spill modeling / M. Fingas -- 9. Physical spill countermeasures on water-response in fast currents / K.A. Hansen -- 10. In situ burning : an update / M. Fingas -- 11. Shoreline countermeasures / E.H. Owens -- 12. Bioremediation of oil spills on land / L.D. Brown [and three others] -- 13. Sunken and submerged oil / J. Michel, K.A. Hansen -- 14. Oil pollution in Antarctica / T. Raymond [and four others] -- 15. Deepwater horizon well blowout mass balance / M. Fingas -- 16. Assessing the increase in background oil-contamination levels along Alabama's beaches resulting from the deepwater horizon oil spill / T.P. Clement, G.F. John, F. Yin -- 17. Remote sensing of oil slicks for the deepwater horizon damage assessment / J.V. Holmes, G. Graettinger, I.R. MacDonald -- 18. The Hebei spirit oil spill, 2007 / U.H. Yim, W.J. Shim -- 19. Health aspects of the Hebei spirit oil spill / M.-S. Park [and three others] -- 20. Recent studies on the effects of oil / G. Shigenaka. |
| Summary |
This book delivers a multi-contributed view on the entire chain of oil-spill related topics from oil properties and behaviors, to remote sensing through the management side of contingency planning and communicating oil spill risk perceptions. |
| Subject |
Oil spills.
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Oil spills -- Cleanup.
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Oil spills -- Prevention.
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Déversements de pétrole. |
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Déversements de pétrole -- Nettoyage. |
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Déversements de pétrole -- Prévention. |
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Oil spills |
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Oil spills -- Cleanup |
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Oil spills -- Prevention |
| ISBN |
9780128094136 (electronic bk.) |
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0128094133 (electronic bk.) |
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9780128110966 (electronic bk.) |
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0128110961 (electronic bk.) |
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