Interaction of oil with sea ice in the Arctic Ocean
The purpose of the present study was to outline the various ways in which the sea ice of the Alaskan coast will entrain and interact with an oil spill or blow-out under the ice. The study concentrates on the small-scale properties of sea ice; namely, its salinity, temperature, and crystal structure, and is only indirectly concerned with the large scale transport and deformation of sea ice. The study divides into two parts: a laboratory experiment on ice growth in a wave field, which stimulates parts of the Bering Sea, and a field survey which consists of taking ice cores from the Beaufort Sea at different times of the year. In the laboratory experiment, oil was injected under the growing ice to study the entrainment; in the field survey, cores were analyzed to see how oil might be entrained within them.
- Research Organization:
- Washington Univ., Seattle
- OSTI ID:
- 6136349
- Journal Information:
- Ice; (United States), Journal Name: Ice; (United States) Vol. 14; ISSN ICEAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ARCTIC OCEAN
BEAUFORT SEA
CONTINENTAL MARGIN
CONTINENTAL SHELF
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
DEFORMATION
ENTRAINMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
ICE
MINERAL RESOURCES
OIL SPILLS
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
RESOURCES
SALINITY
SEAS
SIMULATION
SURFACE WATERS
TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT