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Buried Waste in the Seabed—Acoustic Imaging and Bio-toxicity: Results from the European SITAR Project

By Ph.D. , M.Sc. , Dr Philippe Blondel C.Geol.,FGS , Professor Andrea Caiti (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2007
ISBN
978-3-540-28120-7, 978-3-540-28121-4
DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-28121-4
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (7880707 bytes)
Series
Springer Praxis Books
Edition
1
Pages
208\244
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-10-22 01:01:15
Applied Geosciences; Biogeosciences; Hydrogeology;

Description

Buried waste on the seabed is a major source of pollution. But, very often, waste sites are not known until a serious problem occurs, or are not adequately mapped. Recent examples around Europe include WWI and WWII ammunition dump sites (e.g. Beufort Dyke in the UK), dumped nuclear submarines in the Arctic Seas, clandestine or hidden toxic-waste in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea.. Even if properly documented, waste sites evolve with time (dumped material can move with currents and tides, especially on a scale of decades; toxic-material barrels can corrode and leak). This book shows the results of a concerted EU-funded effort to tackle this problem and find innovative ways to identify and map toxic waste sites ona the seabed, whether they have been covered with sediments or not. These results are applicable to any region on the seabed in the entire world.

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