Oil in the Beaufort and Mediterranean Seas
Spillage of oil into the Beaufort Sea in the course of exploration and exploitation of offshore resources may occur at an estimated rate of 20 milligrams per square metre per year, or about one-fifth the rate of spillage into the Mediterranean Sea. Overall rates of degradation and dispersion of spil...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/65741 2023-05-15T14:19:18+02:00 Oil in the Beaufort and Mediterranean Seas Mackay, Donald 1977-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65741 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65741/49655 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65741 ARCTIC; Vol. 30 No. 2 (1977): June: 69–132; 93-100 1923-1245 0004-0843 Biodegradation Environmental impacts Marine oil spills Mathematical models Movement Petroleum Beaufort Sea Mediterranean Sea info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1977 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:22:45Z Spillage of oil into the Beaufort Sea in the course of exploration and exploitation of offshore resources may occur at an estimated rate of 20 milligrams per square metre per year, or about one-fifth the rate of spillage into the Mediterranean Sea. Overall rates of degradation and dispersion of spilled oil under the conditions prevailing in the Beaufort Sea are however likely to be significantly slower than under the conditions in the Mediterranean. The various input, degradation and dispersion rates may be interrelated in the form of a simple algebraic equation. From current estimates of these rates it is suggested that standing concentrations of oil in the Beaufort Sea could in time become comparable to those in the Mediterranean. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Beaufort Sea University of Calgary Journal Hosting ARCTIC 30 2 |
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Spillage of oil into the Beaufort Sea in the course of exploration and exploitation of offshore resources may occur at an estimated rate of 20 milligrams per square metre per year, or about one-fifth the rate of spillage into the Mediterranean Sea. Overall rates of degradation and dispersion of spilled oil under the conditions prevailing in the Beaufort Sea are however likely to be significantly slower than under the conditions in the Mediterranean. The various input, degradation and dispersion rates may be interrelated in the form of a simple algebraic equation. From current estimates of these rates it is suggested that standing concentrations of oil in the Beaufort Sea could in time become comparable to those in the Mediterranean. |
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Oil in the Beaufort and Mediterranean Seas |
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