Identification of sources of tar balls deposited along the Goa coast, India, using fingerprinting techniques.

• Main Authors: Suneel, V., Vethamonya, P., Zakaria, Mohamad Pauzi, Naik, B. G., Prasad, K. V. S. R.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28917/1/Identification%20of%20sources%20of%20tar%20balls%20deposited%20along%20the%20Goa%20coast.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28917/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Deposition of tar balls along the coast of Goa, India is a common phenomenon during the southwest monsoon. Representative tar ball samples collected from various beaches of Goa and one Bombay High (BH) crude oil sample were subjected to fingerprint analysis based on diagnostic ratios of n-alkane, bi...