This project outlines procedures and resources used on the construction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) susceptibility model. The PAH susceptibility is due to PAH loading from impervious surface features in the watershed. The susceptibility model determines areas in the watershed which contribute to PAH loading. These hotspots represent areas that should be closely monitored, as they h...

The authors report on Langmuir probe measurements that show that hydrocarbon surfaces in contact with Ar plasma cause changes of electron energy distribution functions due to the flux of hydrogen and carbon atoms released by the surfaces. The authors compare the impact on plasma properties of hydrocarbon species gasified from an etching hydrocarbon surface with injection of gaseous hydrocarbons...

4 Hongyue Dang, Haixia Zhou, Jinying Yang, Huangmin Ge, Nianzhi Jiao, Xiwu Luan, 5 Chuanlun Zhang, and Martin G. Klotz 6 7 State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, Key Laboratory of Bioengineering and Biotechnology in 8 Universities of Shandong, Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, China University of Petroleum 9 (East China), Qingdao 266580, China; State Key Laboratory of Marine E...

Marine spatial planning is increasingly used to manage the demands on marine areas, both spatially and temporally, where several different users may compete for resources or space, to ensure that development is as sustainable as possible. Diminishing sea-ice coverage in the Arctic will allow for potential increases in economic exploitation, and failure to plan for cross-sectoral management coul...

Petroleum hydrocarbon contamination is a major global prevalent issue in the petroleum sector. This research focuses on evaluating biodegradation of three Gram-negative bacilli, isolated from cowpea planted soil, contaminated with kerosene. The Gram negative bacilli strains have been characterized and identified, using MicrobactTM ID24E systems for the identification of Enterobacteriaceae and c...

Although there are many studies on the Jurassic source rocks in northern margin of Qaidam Basin, characteristics biomarkers and products with same rock different evolutionary stages still not well understood. Such an understanding is essential for accurately estimating oil gas resources. In order to explore hydrocarbon-generation potential high-quality Middle evolution liquid hydrocarbons bioma...

Drilling operations of petroleum generate oily wastes. The disposal of a significant amount of oil-based drill muds has caused soil contamination and critical environmental impacts in the last decades.The current study aimed to investigate the potential of microbial remediation for an aged oil-based drilling waste and to monitor the fluctuation in microbial population throughout a ...

We performed a quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis of epicuticular hydrocarbon variation in 1650 F(2) males from crosses of Baja California and mainland Mexico populations of Drosophila mojavensis cultured on two major host cacti. Principal component (PC) analysis revealed five PCs that accounted for 82% of the total epicuticular hydrocarbon variation. Courtship trials with mainland females...