Oil Spill Science and Technology

Herausgeber: Fingas, Mervin

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Oil Spill Science and Technology, Third Edition 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. This new edition compiles information on oil spills from a scientific point of view and with new case studies and examples. This book aims to serve both as an authoritative reference for individuals new to the field who need to understand the depth of science going into the fields of oil spill, recovery, assessment, and analysis, as well as those who have years of experience. Written by over 24 experts in the field, this updated edition combines technology with case studies to identify the current state of knowledge surrounding oil spills that will encourage additional areas of research that are left to uncover in this critical sector of the energy industry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Health Sciences
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 1100
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780443217036
• ISBN-10: 0443217033
• Artikelnr.: 70367416

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction and overviewof oil spills and their clean up
2. Spill incidents an overview
3. Oil Chemistry
4. PAHS
5. Oil type and properties
6. Analysis
7. Oil Behaviour
8. Modelling
9. Detection, tracking and remote sensing
10. Biodegradation
11. Shoreline and cleanup
12. Long Term fate of Oil
13. Oil Spills on Land
14. Effects
15. Case Studies