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

• 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.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781856179430; 1856179435; 9781856179447; 1856179443; 9781282887053; 128288705X; 9780128110966; 0128110961
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxi, 1156 pages) : illustrations, maps

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...