Oil Spill Monitoring Handbook

Cover -- Contents -- Foreward -- Preface -- About the editors -- About the authors -- Disclaimer -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction to oil spill monitoring -- 1.1 Stages of a spill response -- 1.2 Scale of the oil spill and the response strategy -- 2 Spilled oil: overview of composition, fate, eff...
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Cover -- Contents -- Foreward -- Preface -- About the editors -- About the authors -- Disclaimer -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction to oil spill monitoring -- 1.1 Stages of a spill response -- 1.2 Scale of the oil spill and the response strategy -- 2 Spilled oil: overview of composition, fate, effects and response options -- 2.1 Properties of oils -- 2.1.1 Specific gravity (or relative density) -- 2.1.2 Viscosity -- 2.1.3 Surface tension -- 2.1.4 Adhesion or stickiness -- 2.1.5 Pour point -- 2.1.6 Volatility -- 2.1.7 Asphaltene content -- 2.2 Fate of oils in the environment Ausführliche Beschreibung