Possible Accumulation of Heavy Metals Around Offshore Oil Production Facilities in the Beaufort Sea
The heavy metals chromium, zinc, cadmium and lead have accumulated in the sediments around some offshore oil rigs. Oil production is now being considered for some nearshore sections of the Beaufort Sea coast. During winter in the Beaufort Sea, heavy metals in the sediments will not be dispersed; the...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/65656 2023-05-15T14:19:17+02:00 Possible Accumulation of Heavy Metals Around Offshore Oil Production Facilities in the Beaufort Sea Newbury, Thomas K. 1979-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65656 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65656/49570 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65656 ARCTIC; Vol. 32 No. 1 (1979): March: 1–90; 42-45 1923-1245 0004-0843 Biomagnification Bottom sediments Composition Environmental impacts Food chain Metals Offshore oil well drilling Toxicity Canadian Beaufort Sea info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1979 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:22:40Z The heavy metals chromium, zinc, cadmium and lead have accumulated in the sediments around some offshore oil rigs. Oil production is now being considered for some nearshore sections of the Beaufort Sea coast. During winter in the Beaufort Sea, heavy metals in the sediments will not be dispersed; the under-ice currents are slow, and some of the bottom is coverd by very saline, relatively stagnant water. Heavy metals in the sediments can probably be assimilated by epibenthic animals in the nearshore region, and then transferred through the food chain to natives who partially subsist on marine animals. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Beaufort Sea University of Calgary Journal Hosting ARCTIC 32 1 |
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The heavy metals chromium, zinc, cadmium and lead have accumulated in the sediments around some offshore oil rigs. Oil production is now being considered for some nearshore sections of the Beaufort Sea coast. During winter in the Beaufort Sea, heavy metals in the sediments will not be dispersed; the under-ice currents are slow, and some of the bottom is coverd by very saline, relatively stagnant water. Heavy metals in the sediments can probably be assimilated by epibenthic animals in the nearshore region, and then transferred through the food chain to natives who partially subsist on marine animals. |
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Possible Accumulation of Heavy Metals Around Offshore Oil Production Facilities in the Beaufort Sea |
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