Illite (a layered aluminosilicate, [(K,H3O)(Al,Mg,Fe)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2,(H2O)]) is ever-present in Green River oil shale—it is generally associated with other clay minerals but frequently occurs as the only clay mineral found in the oil shale (Tank, 1972). Smectite (a group of...
Natural mitigating processes include: oil evaporation, spreading and dilution; water turbulence and mixing; flocculation, biodegradation, biopackaging and sedimentation of suspended oil droplets; rapid recovery or replacement as a result of plankton communities’ patch dynamics; toxin depuration physiology of...
During hurricane season, I keep the tank at least half full, 5 gallons of diesel in a plastic can and several hundred in cash. Also water and food at home. Post Katrina some small banks went black, and any money in there was unavailable for several days, just when people needed it. ...
Thus, in order to limit such phenomenon, the combine harvester was equipped with a wetting system made of a water tank, an electric pump, a flow regulator, and three pairs of nozzles that sprayed the threshed material with a wetting solution. Four adjuvants in two different concentrations ...