PETROLEUM WEATHERING: SOME PATHWAYS, FATE, AND DISPOSITION ON MARINE WATERS

Three mechanisms of weathering of oil pollution on marine waters are discussed. Photolysis, interactions with trace materials, and sedimentation with particulate materials are considered as competitive to other fate of petroleum mechanisms and as having possible ecological importance. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Ecological Research Series.
• Corporate Authors:

  Pacific Northwest Environmental Research Lab

  Corvallis, OR  United States 
• Authors:
  • Feldman, M H
• Publication Date: 1973-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 29 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Biodeterioration; Deterioration; Microorganisms; Oils; Water quality management
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil degradation
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00054264
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 7 1974 12:00AM