Locating Oil Spills Under Sea Ice Using Ground-Penetrating Radar

• Main Authors: Bradford, John H., Liberty, Lee M., Dickens, David F.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: ScholarWorks 2008
• Subjects: crude oil; ground penetrating radar; hydrocarbon reservoirs; marine pollution; Geosciences; Geophysics and Seismology; Arctic; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/cgiss_facpubs/14; https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/context/cgiss_facpubs/article/1013/viewcontent/Bradford__2008____Locating_Oil_Spills.pdf

The accelerating level of interest in arctic oil and gas exploration was demonstrated in the overwhelming response to recent lease sales in the Alaskan OCS region. As development increases, the potential for accidental oil spills in the arctic marine environment increases. The need for reliable systems to detect oil trapped in a range of ice conditions remains at the forefront of continued efforts to improve response to ocean spills.