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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| author | Andrew J. Peters Amy N.S. Siuda |
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| description | 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 occurrence and composition of pelagic tar balls was conducted in the North Atlantic Ocean. Research and time-series assessments in the Sargasso Sea since that time have documented that floating tar balls sampled by neuston nets in the open ocean and washed up on shorelines have declined in the past two decades. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8f5cca55b6cc40d59f756e172a57c48c2022-12-21T19:57:44ZengThe Oceanography SocietyOceanography1042-82752014-03-0127121722110.5670/oceanog.2014.25A Review of Observations of Floating Tar in the Sargasso SeaAndrew J. Peters0Amy N.S. Siuda1Bermuda Institute of Ocean SciencesSea Education AssociationFloating 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 occurrence and composition of pelagic tar balls was conducted in the North Atlantic Ocean. Research and time-series assessments in the Sargasso Sea since that time have documented that floating tar balls sampled by neuston nets in the open ocean and washed up on shorelines have declined in the past two decades.http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/27-1_peters.pdffloating tartar weatheringSargasso Seaneuston nettar ballscrude oil weathering |
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| title | A Review of Observations of Floating Tar in the Sargasso Sea |
| title_full | A Review of Observations of Floating Tar in the Sargasso Sea |
| title_fullStr | A Review of Observations of Floating Tar in the Sargasso Sea |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Review of Observations of Floating Tar in the Sargasso Sea |
| title_short | A Review of Observations of Floating Tar in the Sargasso Sea |
| title_sort | review of observations of floating tar in the sargasso sea |
| topic | floating tar tar weathering Sargasso Sea neuston net tar balls crude oil weathering |
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