Porosity of growing sea ice and potential for oil entrainment
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A BST R A C T With increased interest in economic development of Arctic resources and waterways, understanding the fate of oil spills in the presence of sea ice becomes crucial for successful spill response and remediation efforts. We performed a series of laboratory experiments to analyze the entrainment and upward migration of oil (Alaska North Slope Crude and synthetic oil) through sea ice a...
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