Crude Oil Behavior on Arctic Winter Ice.

Oil spill behavior in an Arctic winter environment is investigated. Several small controlled oil spills were conducted on the Bering Sea in Northwestern Alaska. To duplicate a real world spill as closely as possible, a Prudhoe Bay crude oil was used as the test oil. Investigated were oil spread rate...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McMinn,T. J.
Other Authors: COAST GUARD WASHINGTON D C
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1972
Subjects:
Water Pollution and Control
*ARCTIC REGIONS
*OILS
*ALASKA
WATER POLLUTION
ICE
SORPTION
SNOW
DECOMPOSITION
CLEANING
REMOVAL
COMBUSTION
SURFACE ACTIVE SUBSTANCES
VISCOSITY
OILS
POLLUTION
OIL SPILLS
*POLLUTION
PRUDHOE BAY
SPREADING
DISPERSANTS
Arctic
Bering Sea
Prudhoe Bay
Alaska
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0754261
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0754261
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Summary:Oil spill behavior in an Arctic winter environment is investigated. Several small controlled oil spills were conducted on the Bering Sea in Northwestern Alaska. To duplicate a real world spill as closely as possible, a Prudhoe Bay crude oil was used as the test oil. Investigated were oil spread rate on snow and ice, oil absorbtion into snow and ice surfaces, aging of oil on snow and ice surfaces, and effectiveness of various cleanup procedures. (Author)

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