Long-term environmental effects of offshore oil and gas development /
Long-term Environmental Effects of Offshore Oil and Gas Development contains 14 chapters by different authors which focus on the US
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London ; New York : New York, NY, USA :
Elsevier Applied Science ; Sole distributor in the USA and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co.,
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London ; New York : New York, NY, USA : c1987 |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
- CHAPTER 1 AN ASSESSMENT OF THE LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF U.S. OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES: FUTURE RESEARCH NEEDS
- CONTENTS
- SUMMARY
- INTRODUCTION
- IDENTIFYING LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
- SUSCEPTIBILITY OF COASTAL AND OFFSHORE ECOSYSTEMS
- IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL LONG-TERM EFFECTS
- EFFECTS ON RESOURCES OF INTRINSIC VALUE
- EFFECTS ON RESOURCES OF ECONOMIC VALUE
- EFFECTS ON ECOSYSTEM SUPPORT OF RESOURCES
- FUTURE STUDY NEEDS
- RECOMMENDED STUDY APPROACHES
- A LONG-TERM EFFECTS STUDY PROGRAM
- LITERATURE CITED
- CHAPTER 2 PETROLEUM INDUSTRY OPERATIONS: PRESENT AND FUTURE
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS
- REGIONAL RESOURCE POTENTIALS
- ATLANTIC
- GULF OF MEXICO
- PACIFIC
- ALASKA
- LITERATURE CITED
- CHAPTER 3 DOMINANT FEATURES AND PROCESSES OF CONTINENTAL SHELF ENVIRONMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- ATLANTIC COAST
- GULF OF MEXICO
- PACIFIC COAST
- ALASKA
- COMPARISON OF VULNERABILITY OF SHELF ENVIRONMENTS
- LITERATURE CITED
- CHAPTER 4 OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES POTENTIALLY CAUSING LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- SEQUENCE OF ACTIVITIES
- OPERATIONAL DISCHARGES
- OIL SPILLS
- LITERATURE CITED
- CHAPTER 5 TRANSPORT AND TRANSFORMATIONS: WATER COLUMN PROCESSES
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES
- TIME-DEPENDENT CHANGES IN THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF BULK OIL AFTER RELEASE AT SEA
- SLICK DRIFT, SPREADING AND ADVECTION
- SIMULATION MODELS
- CHRONIC DISCHARGES
- INFORMATION GAPS AND AREAS REQUIRING FURTHER RESEARCH
- LITERATURE CITED
- CHAPTER 6 TRANSPORT AND TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES REGARDING HYDROCARBON AND METAL POLLUTANTS IN OFFSHORE SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- THE NATURE OF PARTICULATE MATERIAL IN THE OCEAN
- CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF RELEVANT POLLUTANT SOURCES
- TYPES AND SOURCES OF HYDROCARBONS IN SEDIMENTS
- TRANSPORT OF PARTICULATE POLLUTANTS TO THE BENTHOS
- TRANSFORMATIONS OF DEPOSITED HYDROCARBONS AND METALS IN SEDIMENTS
- FACTORS AFFECTING THE BIOAVAILABILITY OF SEDIMENT CONTAMINANTS
- POSTDEPOSITIONAL TRANSPORT
- ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES AND RESEARCH NEEDS
- LITERATURE CITED
- CHAPTER 7 TRANSPORT AND TRANSFORMATIONS OF PETROLEUM: BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- HYDROCARBON-DEGRADING MARINE MICROORGANISMS
- MICROBIAL METABOLISM OF HYDROCARBONS
- PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM BIODEGRADATION
- RATES OF PETROLEUM BIODEGRADATION
- EFFECTS OF OIL POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES ON PETROLEUM BIODEGRADATION
- EFFECTS OF HYDROCARBONS ON MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES
- QUESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH