a State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China b State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China c Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, USA d Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 0652...

An oil spill is the accidental or intentional discharge of petroleum products into the environment due to human activities. Although oil spills are actually just a little percent of the total world oil pollution problem, they represent the most visible form of it. The impact on the ecosystems can be severe as well as the impact on economic activities. Oil spill cleanup is a very difficult and e...

List of Abbreviations CIIAPTER ONE General Introduction Pollution of Saudi Arabian soil with crude oil Chemistry and biodegradability of petroleum hydrocarbon Environmental fate of petroleum Factors influencing petroleum hydrocarbon biodegradation Distribution of petroleum-utilizing microorganisms in the environment Biological degradation of petroleum hydrocarbon Bacterial degradation of oil Fu...

Department of Science and Technology, College of Arts and Sciences, Bryant University, Smithfield, RI 02917, USA b State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, IEE, CAS, Xi’an 710075, PR China c School of Human Settlement and Civil Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, PR China d LPS, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS, Nanjing 210008, PR China Departme...

1 Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 9825, 100029 Beijing, China 2 Shandong Institute and Laboratory of Geological Sciences, 250013 Jinan, China 3 Nansen-Zhu International Research Center, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100029 Beijing, China 4 State Key Laboratory of Loess...

(1) Laboratory for Hydrogeology, Department of Geology-Geography, Faculty of Exact Science, Catholic University of Leuven, Redingenstraat 16, 3000 Leuven, Belgium (2) Department of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology, University of Miskolc, Miskolc, Hungary (3) Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Department of Georesources, Geotechnologies and Building Materials (GEOMAC), University of Liè...

Study of a mature petroleum play in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) indicates that the spatial distribution of petroleum accumulations exhibits a self-affinity characteristic. This characteristic motivated the examination of a fractal model for a quantitative description of petroleum resource spatial distribution. The proposed approach transforms the spatial information with respect...