Buried waste on the seabed is a major source of pollution. But, very often, waste sites are not known until aserious 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 movewith 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.
Author(s): Philippe Blondel, Philippe Blondel, Andrea Caiti
Series: Springer Praxis Books / Geophysical Sciences
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 244
3540281207......Page 1
Buried Waste in the Seabed......Page 2
Contents......Page 5
Part I......Page 23
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Part II......Page 31
2......Page 32
3......Page 38
4......Page 44
5......Page 50
6......Page 58
7......Page 84
Part III......Page 90
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10......Page 101
11......Page 105
Part IV......Page 120
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13......Page 128
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16......Page 156
Part V......Page 179
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18......Page 186
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Part VI......Page 194
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References......Page 198
