A quantitative study of oils and tars stranded on Galveston Island beaches.

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dc.contributor.authorRay, S.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOja, R.K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorJeffrey, L.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorPresley, B.J.en_US
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dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:53:03Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:53:03Z
dc.date.issued1975en_US
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dc.description.abstractStrandings of oil and tar on Galveston Island beaches were assessed for 1 yr. Most materials collected were tars or tarlike residues that were highly weathered. There was no consistent relationship between oil accumulation and wind speed and direction. Efforts to correlate oil deposition with shipping traffic were unsuccessful. Representative oil tar samples were analyzed periodically by the following methods: gas chromatography for hydrocarbons; atomic absorption spectrophotometry for Ni, V, Cr, and Co; 12 C: 13C ratios; and X-ray diffraction analysis for minerals. Most of the samples analyzed appear to be the result of man's activities.en_US
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dc.geo-codeGalveston Islanden_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/19650
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dc.locationNOT AVAILABLE IN-HOUSE.en_US
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dc.publisherU.S. National Technical Information Service.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries1893.00en_US
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dc.seriesNatl. Tech. Info. Serv. Rep. No. DOT CG-23681en_US
dc.subjectoil pollutionen_US
dc.subjectspectrophotometersen_US
dc.subjectchromatographic techniquesen_US
dc.subjecttaren_US
dc.subjectx-ray diffraction analysisen_US
dc.subjectsediment pollutionen_US
dc.subjectsediment analysisen_US
dc.titleA quantitative study of oils and tars stranded on Galveston Island beaches.en_US
dc.typeBooken_US
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