The control of oil pollution / edited by J. Wardley-Smith.
Contributor(s): Wardley-Smith, J.
Material type: BookPublisher: London : Graham & Trotman, 1983Edition: [Rev. ed.].Description: xi, 285 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0860103382.Subject(s): Oil pollution of the sea -- Prevention | Marine pollutionDDC classification: 628.1686Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 628.1686 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00031730 | ||
General Lending | MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library Lending | 628.1686 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00107505 | ||
General Lending | MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library Lending | 628.1686 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00107507 | ||
General Lending | MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library Lending | 628.1686 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00107509 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part One: Oil and its effects -- Source of oil discharged into water / J. Wardley-Smith -- Removal by natural causes / J. Wardley-Smith -- Bacterial degradation of crude oil / D. E. Hughes and Sally Stafford -- Environmental effect of oil and the chemicals used to control it on 1) Plankton / J. Wardley-Smith -- 2) Fisheries / R. G. J. Shelton -- 3) The shore and splash zones / Jenifer M. Baker -- 4) Birds / W. R. P. Bourne -- Part Two: Treatment of oil on the water -- The use of booms / D. E. Newman -- Mechanical devices for the collection of oil / P. G. Jeffery -- Absorbents, burning and gelling / J. Wardley-Smith -- Sinking and dispersing oil / R. J. Farn -- Part Three: Treatment of oil on the land -- Sea and freshwater spils / J. Wardley-Smith -- Part Four: Organisational aspects -- Forward planning / J. Wardley-Smith -- The future / J. Wardley-Smith.