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Assessment of cleanup tests of an oiled salt marsh - the Golden Robin spill in Miguasha, Quebec. Part I, Residual Bunker C hydrocarbon concentrations and compositions / J.H. Vandermeulen, C.W. Ross.: En46-8/77-1E-PDF

"Miguasha Marsh, Quebec, was heavily oiled in 1974 by Bunker C fuel oil spilled from the tanker Golden Robin. This marsh was not cleaned until the spring of 1975, when a number of cleanup procedures were carried out and tested. Of these, both manual and mechanical methods were utilized, as well as the technique of burning oiled debris and vegetation. This report represents the first portion of a two-part study examining the fate and biodegradation of residual Bunker C fuel oil in Miguasha Marsh sediments following the cleanup trials. Sediment analyses by gas liquid chromatography (GLC) and fluorescence were carried out on marsh sediments to determine the concentration and composition of residual hydrocarbons. Results were correlated with observations on survival and regrowth of marsh vegetation"--Abstract, page v.

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Department/Agency
  • Canada. Environment Canada.
  • Canada. Environmental Protection Service.
  • Canada. Environmental Impact Control Directorate.
TitleAssessment of cleanup tests of an oiled salt marsh - the Golden Robin spill in Miguasha, Quebec. Part I, Residual Bunker C hydrocarbon concentrations and compositions / J.H. Vandermeulen, C.W. Ross.
Series title
  • Report ; EPS-8-EC-77-1
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Issued also in French under title: Évaluation d'essais de nettoyage dans un marais salant souillé par des hydrocarbures. 1ère partie, Concentrations et composition d'hydrocarbures résiduels de Bunker C.
  • Issued by: Environmental Impact Control Directorate.
  • "Environmental Protection Service report series."
  • “September 1977.”
  • Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada].
  • Includes bibliographical references.
  • Includes abstract in French.
Publishing information
  • [Ottawa] : Fisheries and Environment Canada, Environmental Protection Service = Pêches et environnement Canada, Service de la protection de l'environnement, 1977.
  • ©1977
Author / Contributor
  • Vandermeulen, J. H., author.
  • Ross, C. W., author.
Description1 online resource (x, 31 pages) : illustrations.
Catalogue number
  • En46-8/77-1E-PDF
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