Fate and Persistence of Crude Oil Stranded on a Sheltered Beach

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Owens, Edwards H., Harper, John R., Robson, Wishart, Boehm, Paul D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1987
• Subjects: Asphalts; Beaches; Biodegradation; Canada. Baffin Island Oil Spill Project; Intertidal zones; Marine oil spills; Crude oil; Sediments (Geology); Weathering; Eclipse Sound; Nunavut; Hatt; Cape; Ragged Channel; Arctic; Baffin Island; Canada; Cape Hatt; Baffin
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64861

Detailed observations, mapping and sampling were conducted following an experimental spill of 15 cu m of crude oil adjacent to the coast at Cape Hatt, Baffin Island, N.W.T. The beach could not retain all of the oil that reached the shoreline, and as a result, one-third of the spill oil was recovered...