DocumentCode
2933547
Title
Effects of the Alvenus Oil Spill clean-up technique on beach profiles, Galveston, Texas
Author
Wang, Yu-Hua
Author_Institution
Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX, USA
fYear
1985
fDate
12-14 Nov. 1985
Firstpage
568
Lastpage
573
Abstract
The event of Alvenus Oil Spill along the Gulf coast of Texas and the clean-up technique of the spill is briefly described and evaluated in terms of beach profile changes. Recommendations are made as to whether the cleaning technique be used for future spill clean-up operations on sandy beaches elsewhere.
Keywords
Cleaning; Monitoring; Oceans; Petroleum; Sea level; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Surface waves; Tides; Vegetation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
OCEANS '85 - Ocean Engineering and the Environment
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OCEANS.1985.1160309
Filename
1160309
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