A Review of Observations of Floating Tar in the Sargasso Sea
Floating tar balls are a product of weathering of crude oil in the marine environment. They have been found to be prevalent in the world ocean, particularly in the 1960s and 1970s before stricter controls on petroleum transport and handling were in effect. Much of the early research on the occurrenc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Oceanography Society
2014-03-01
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| Series: | Oceanography |
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| Online Access: | http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/27-1_peters.pdf |