Oil spill science and technology: prevention, response, and cleanup

"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 water chief among them. This reference will provide scientists, engineers and practitioners with the latest methods use for identify and eliminating spills before they occur and develop the best available techniques, equipment and materials for dealing with oil spills in every environment. Topics covered include: spill dynamics and behaviour, spill treating agents, and cleanup techniques such as: in situ burning, mechanical containment or recovery, chemical and biological methods and physical methods are used to clean up shorelines. Also included are the fate and effects of oil spills and means to assess damage"--Provided by publisher.

Introduction / Merv Fingas -- Spill occurrences : a world overview / Dagmar Schmidt-Etkin -- Introduction to oil chemistry and properties / Merv Fingas -- Measurement of oil physical properties / Bruce Hollebone -- Introduction to oil chemical analysis / Merv Fingas -- Oil spill remote sensing : a review / Merv Fingas and Carl E. Brown -- Laser fluorosensors / Carl E. Brown -- Introduction to spill modeling / Merv Fingas -- Evaporation modeling / Merv Fingas -- Models for water-in-oil emulsion formation / Merv Fingas -- Oil spill trajectory forecasting uncertainty and emergency response / Debra Simecek-Beatty -- Physical spill countermeasures / Merv Fingas -- Weather effects on oil spill countermeasures / Merv Fingas -- Spill-treating agents / Merv Fingas -- Oil spill dispersants : a technical summary / Merv Fingas -- A practical guide to chemical dispersion for oil spills / Merv Fingas -- Procedures for the testing and approval of oil spill treatment products in the United Kingdom : what they are and considerations for development / Mark Kirby -- Formulation changes in oil spill dispersants : are they toxicologically significant? / Mark F. Kirby [and others] -- Environment Canada…