Interaction of oil with arctic sea ice

Technical Report · Mon Jan 31 23:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6441996

Thomas, D R

The purpose of the paper is to summarize relavant knowledge about the interactions between arctic sea ice and oil. The completion of further experimental oil spill studies, along with recent laboratory studies of the interaction of oil and sea ice and studies of environmental conditions, makes an updating of those works desirable. An attempt is made to identify the major factors in the interaction between oil and arctic sea ice and to present them in a way that defines the scope of the problem. Generally, the paper is restricted to factors that can be expected to play a major role in the sequence of events following a large under-ice blowout in the Beaufort Sea during winter.

• Research Organization: National Ocean Service, Anchorage, AK (USA). Ocean Assessments Div.
• OSTI ID: 6441996
• Report Number(s): PB-87-192027/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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