Search Results - "John, Gerald F"
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Weathering patterns of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons contained in submerged Deepwater Horizon oil spill residues when re-exposed to sunlight
Published in The Science of the total environment (15-12-2016)“…The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill event released a large amount of sweet crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). An unknown portion of this oil that…”
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Enhanced effectiveness of oil dispersants in destabilizing water-in-oil emulsions
Published in PloS one (16-09-2019)“…Oil impacting the northern Gulf of Mexico shoreline from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident was predominantly in the form of water-in-oil emulsions (WOE), a…”
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Environmental fate of petroleum biomarkers in Deepwater Horizon oil spill residues over the past 10 years
Published in The Science of the total environment (15-10-2021)“…The long-term fate of three groups of petroleum biomarker compounds (terpanes, steranes, and triaromatic steranes) was investigated in the Deepwater Horizon…”
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Long-term monitoring data to describe the fate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Deepwater Horizon oil submerged off Alabama's beaches
Published in The Science of the total environment (01-03-2015)“…The 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) catastrophe had considerable impact on the ∼ 50 km long sandy beach system located along the Alabama shoreline. We present a…”
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Understanding the thermal degradation patterns of hopane biomarker compounds present in crude oil
Published in The Science of the total environment (01-06-2019)“…In-situ burning (ISB) is a common oil spill response technique used for managing marine oil spills. The burnt residues generated from ISB can have several…”
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Chemical fingerprinting and characterization of spilled oils and burnt soot particles – A case study on the Sanchi oil tanker collision in the East China Sea
Published in The Science of the total environment (10-06-2022)“…The condensate spill accident from the Sanchi oil tanker collision in the East China Sea is unique in world history. To date, the spilled and burnt amounts of…”
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Field and laboratory investigation of tarmat deposits found on Ras Rakan Island and northern beaches of Qatar
Published in The Science of the total environment (15-09-2020)“…Beaches of Ras Rakan Island, located off the northern tip of Qatar, are extensively contaminated by highly weathered tarmat deposits. The focus of this study…”
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Effects of weathering on the dispersion of crude oil through oil-mineral aggregation
Published in The Science of the total environment (01-06-2017)“…Crude oil that is inadvertently spilled in the marine environment can interact with suspended sediment to form oil-mineral aggregates (OMA). Researchers have…”
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Understanding the relative performance of SCAN, SIM, PMRM and MRM methods for quantifying polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in crude oil samples
Published in Rapid communications in mass spectrometry (15-06-2020)“…Rationale Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) present in oil spill samples are analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) and gas…”
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Fate of hopane biomarkers during in-situ burning of crude oil — A laboratory-scale study
Published in Marine pollution bulletin (01-08-2018)“…In-situ burning (ISB) is a remediation strategy that is used for managing oil spills. ISB generates heavy residues that can submerge and negatively impact…”
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A perspective on the state of Deepwater Horizon oil spill related tarball contamination and its impacts on Alabama beaches
Published in Current opinion in chemical engineering (01-06-2022)“…[Display omitted] The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) accident spilled over 785 million liters of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). A substantial fraction of…”
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Fate of Deepwater Horizon oil in Alabama’s beach system: Understanding physical evolution processes based on observational data
Published in Marine pollution bulletin (15-01-2015)“…[Display omitted] •A four-year field dataset documenting the distribution of MC252 oil residues along Alabama’s beaches is presented.•It is unlikely that tar…”
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