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Concentration distribution of spilled crude petroleum in different soils [1]

Experiments are carried out to determine simultaneous one-dimensional spatial concentration distribution of spilled petroleum in three soils (sandy, loamy and topsoil) in the horizontal and vertical directions. It is shown that the horizontal spread is very slow and the volume of petroleum spilled has minimal effects on the extent of spread in the horizontal direction.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2008
K. M. Oghenejoboh [2], Y. T. Puyate [3], M. E. N. Abowei [4]
Pollution Research [5]
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Environment [6], Land Pollution [7], Nigeria [8], Oil Pollution [9]
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