Metal and petroleum hydrocarbon contamination at Wilkes Station, East Antarctica

The management of sediment and water contamination from legacy waste is a significant problem in Antarctica. Although several reports have noted that there are contaminated sites at the abandoned Wilkes Station, a systematic attempt to assess the spatial scale of the problem has not been made, makin...

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Published in:Antarctic Science
Main Authors: Fryirs, Kirstie A., Hafsteinsdóttir, Erla G., Stark, Scott C., Gore, Damian B.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2015
Subjects:
ANZECC guidelines
clean-up operations
contaminated site
environmental management
legacy waste
Antarc*
Antarctic Science
Antarctica
East Antarctica
Online Access:https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/b105ea22-8255-4870-b1c8-7acecc66bba7
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102014000443
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84924047128&partnerID=8YFLogxK

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