Shoreline Contamination Report 2015 SS Arrow Spill Chedabucto Bay, NS, Canada
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چکیده
The 1970 SS Arrow incident in Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia (NS) was a milestone event Canada's oil spill response history and has been used by Environment Climate Change Canada (ECCC) for ongoing research almost 50 years. In August of 2015, the remaining sunken section ARROW released Bunker C from its tanks some sections shorelines impacted were affected once again. Canadian Coast Guard led 2015 effort, which included Shoreline Clean-Up Assessment Technique (SCAT) surveys, to evaluate contamination on Bay. This poster presents an overview as well shoreline resulting release Arrow. It summarizes SCAT survey results operational ECCC's National Environmental Emergencies Centre (NEEC) support incident.
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0890-1740']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7901/2169-3358-2021.1.1141600