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

• Other Authors: Fingas, Mervin F.
• Format: Electronic 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...

Table of Contents:

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