Monitoring Industrial Contaminants Release to Russian Arctic Rivers.
Reports suggest that over 100 billion metric tons of mixed industrial wastes have been dumped or disposed of in the Northern and Arctic regions of the former Soviet Union in crude landfill facilities or directly into rivers. These materials were dumped in such a manner that they may have been transp...
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ftdtic:ADA307151 2023-05-15T14:38:46+02:00 Monitoring Industrial Contaminants Release to Russian Arctic Rivers. TEXAS A AND M UNIV COLLEGE STATION 1995 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA307151 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA307151 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA307151 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE DTIC AND NTIS Geography Solid Wastes Pollution and Control *USSR *CONTAMINANTS *RUSSIA *GEOGRAPHIC AREAS *ARCTIC REGIONS *WASTES(INDUSTRIAL) *ARCTIC OCEAN METALS INDUSTRIES MONITORING FACILITIES HIGH RESOLUTION ESTIMATES HYDROCARBONS SAMPLING TRANSPORT ORGANIC COMPOUNDS RELEASE ANIMALS POLLUTANTS MIXING RIVERS WATERSHEDS LANDFILLS INVERTEBRATES SEDIMENTS PESTICIDES OCEAN BASINS DIOXINS NORTHERN HEMISPHERE KARA SEA GC/ECD(GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY WITH ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION) GC/FID(GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY WITH FALME IONIZATION DETECTION) GC/MS SIM(GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY IN THE SELECTIVE ION MONITORING MODE) Text 1995 ftdtic 2016-02-19T13:34:36Z Reports suggest that over 100 billion metric tons of mixed industrial wastes have been dumped or disposed of in the Northern and Arctic regions of the former Soviet Union in crude landfill facilities or directly into rivers. These materials were dumped in such a manner that they may have been transported to the Arctic ocean basin. Initial contaminant transport estimates from simple Russian physical hydrographic (circulation) models suggest transport across the Russian Arctic Ocean in 3-5 years. GERG has undertaken studies in two of the principal river systems transporting contaminants from large watersheds to the Arctic Ocean and Kara Seas, and has obtained samples of sediment and biota for analysis. In the current phase of the study, 20 surficial sediments down each of the axis of the Ob and Yenisey Rivers into the Kara Sea were analyzed for industrially derived trace organic compounds (hydrocarbons, pesticides, PCBs) and trace metals. Twenty sediments from the two rivers were subjected to high resolution OCIMS analysis for dioxins, furans and coplanar PCBs to determine the concentrations of these industrial pollutants. In addition, similar analyses were conducted on 10 tissue samples (fish and other invertebrate animals) down the axis of each river. Text Arctic Arctic Ocean Kara Sea Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database Arctic Arctic Ocean Kara Sea Yenisey ENVELOPE(82.680,82.680,71.828,71.828) Fid ENVELOPE(-65.939,-65.939,-68.664,-68.664) |
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Geography Solid Wastes Pollution and Control *USSR *CONTAMINANTS *RUSSIA *GEOGRAPHIC AREAS *ARCTIC REGIONS *WASTES(INDUSTRIAL) *ARCTIC OCEAN METALS INDUSTRIES MONITORING FACILITIES HIGH RESOLUTION ESTIMATES HYDROCARBONS SAMPLING TRANSPORT ORGANIC COMPOUNDS RELEASE ANIMALS POLLUTANTS MIXING RIVERS WATERSHEDS LANDFILLS INVERTEBRATES SEDIMENTS PESTICIDES OCEAN BASINS DIOXINS NORTHERN HEMISPHERE KARA SEA GC/ECD(GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY WITH ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION) GC/FID(GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY WITH FALME IONIZATION DETECTION) GC/MS SIM(GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY IN THE SELECTIVE ION MONITORING MODE) |
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Geography Solid Wastes Pollution and Control *USSR *CONTAMINANTS *RUSSIA *GEOGRAPHIC AREAS *ARCTIC REGIONS *WASTES(INDUSTRIAL) *ARCTIC OCEAN METALS INDUSTRIES MONITORING FACILITIES HIGH RESOLUTION ESTIMATES HYDROCARBONS SAMPLING TRANSPORT ORGANIC COMPOUNDS RELEASE ANIMALS POLLUTANTS MIXING RIVERS WATERSHEDS LANDFILLS INVERTEBRATES SEDIMENTS PESTICIDES OCEAN BASINS DIOXINS NORTHERN HEMISPHERE KARA SEA GC/ECD(GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY WITH ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION) GC/FID(GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY WITH FALME IONIZATION DETECTION) GC/MS SIM(GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY IN THE SELECTIVE ION MONITORING MODE) Monitoring Industrial Contaminants Release to Russian Arctic Rivers. |
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Geography Solid Wastes Pollution and Control *USSR *CONTAMINANTS *RUSSIA *GEOGRAPHIC AREAS *ARCTIC REGIONS *WASTES(INDUSTRIAL) *ARCTIC OCEAN METALS INDUSTRIES MONITORING FACILITIES HIGH RESOLUTION ESTIMATES HYDROCARBONS SAMPLING TRANSPORT ORGANIC COMPOUNDS RELEASE ANIMALS POLLUTANTS MIXING RIVERS WATERSHEDS LANDFILLS INVERTEBRATES SEDIMENTS PESTICIDES OCEAN BASINS DIOXINS NORTHERN HEMISPHERE KARA SEA GC/ECD(GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY WITH ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION) GC/FID(GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY WITH FALME IONIZATION DETECTION) GC/MS SIM(GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY IN THE SELECTIVE ION MONITORING MODE) |
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Reports suggest that over 100 billion metric tons of mixed industrial wastes have been dumped or disposed of in the Northern and Arctic regions of the former Soviet Union in crude landfill facilities or directly into rivers. These materials were dumped in such a manner that they may have been transported to the Arctic ocean basin. Initial contaminant transport estimates from simple Russian physical hydrographic (circulation) models suggest transport across the Russian Arctic Ocean in 3-5 years. GERG has undertaken studies in two of the principal river systems transporting contaminants from large watersheds to the Arctic Ocean and Kara Seas, and has obtained samples of sediment and biota for analysis. In the current phase of the study, 20 surficial sediments down each of the axis of the Ob and Yenisey Rivers into the Kara Sea were analyzed for industrially derived trace organic compounds (hydrocarbons, pesticides, PCBs) and trace metals. Twenty sediments from the two rivers were subjected to high resolution OCIMS analysis for dioxins, furans and coplanar PCBs to determine the concentrations of these industrial pollutants. In addition, similar analyses were conducted on 10 tissue samples (fish and other invertebrate animals) down the axis of each river. |
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Monitoring Industrial Contaminants Release to Russian Arctic Rivers. |
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Monitoring Industrial Contaminants Release to Russian Arctic Rivers. |
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Monitoring Industrial Contaminants Release to Russian Arctic Rivers. |
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Monitoring Industrial Contaminants Release to Russian Arctic Rivers. |
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Monitoring Industrial Contaminants Release to Russian Arctic Rivers. |
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monitoring industrial contaminants release to russian arctic rivers. |
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1995 |
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ENVELOPE(82.680,82.680,71.828,71.828) ENVELOPE(-65.939,-65.939,-68.664,-68.664) |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Kara Sea Yenisey Fid |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Kara Sea Yenisey Fid |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Kara Sea |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Kara Sea |
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http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA307151 |
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APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE |
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