A remote sensing survey of the Chedabucto Bay oil spill / K.P.B. Thomson and W.D. McColl.: En36-502/26E-PDF
"On February 4, 1970, the oil tanker ARROW, carrying a cargo of 108,000 barrels of bunker C fuel oil, went aground on Cerebrus Rock in Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia. On February 9, 1970, the wreck broke into two sections. The stern section sank into 90 feet of water on February 12. It has been estimated that by February 12, one half of the total cargo of fuel oil had been released into the environment causing a serious pollution problem"--Introduction, page 1.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Environment Canada. Canada Centre for Inland Waters. |
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| Title | A remote sensing survey of the Chedabucto Bay oil spill / K.P.B. Thomson and W.D. McColl. |
| Series title | Scientific series ; no. 26 |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Note(s) | Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada]. Includes bibliographical references (page 3). Includes abstract in French. |
| Publishing information | Burlington, Ontario : Canada Centre for Inland Waters, 1972. |
| Author / Contributor | Thomson, K. P. B. author.(Keith Patrick Bowmer), 1939- McColl, W. D., author. |
| Description | 1 online resource (v, 15 pages) : maps, photographs, charts. |
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| Subject terms | Oil spills Water pollution Remote sensing |
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