The fate in the marine environment of a minor diesel fuel spill from an Antarctic Research Station

• Main Authors: Cripps, G. C., Shears, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 1997
• Subjects: Antarctic; Faraday; Galindez; Galindez Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/514443/; https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005766302869

Monitoring was undertaken of the fate in the marine environment of an accidental spill of diesel fuel (1000 litres) from Faraday Research Station, Galindez Island, Antarctica in March 1992. On the day after the incident concentrations in seawater reached a maximum of 540 µg 1-1 for n-alkanes and 222...