| Description |
xxv, 531 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I: Introduction. 1. Pollution effects and appropriate response. Pt. II: Factors affecting the oil after spillage at sea and the implications for oil spill response. 2. Factors affecting the oil after spillage at sea -- 3. Oil spill problem definition and assessment of requirements for response. Pt. III: Techniques for oil spill response at sea. 4. The use of dispersants -- 5. The current situation with regard to dispersants, and possibilities for their further development, approval, purchase and use -- 6. Oil recovery at sea -- 7. Relationship between the use of dispersant and oil recovery techniques for use at sea -- 8. Requirements for remote sensing of oil on the sea surface -- 9. Results of investigations on remote-sensing techniques for oil at sea -- 10. Procedure for oil sampling in order to establish the source of oil spillage. Pt. IV: Oil spill response techniques for use in inshore waters and beaches. 11. The nature of the oil spill response problem in inshore waters and beaches -- 12. The use of booms in beach protection -- 13. Oil recovery in inshore waters -- 14. The treatment of stranded oil on beaches -- 15. Disposal of recovered oil -- 16. Oil spill clearance costs -- 17. Cargo transfer from marine casualties and the use of safe havens. Pt. V: Operational discharges of oil to the marine environment. 18. Sources of oily water effluents and means of reduction in oil content of discharges -- 19. The problems of oil-water separation and the methods used -- 20. The problems of measurement of oil in oily water discharges and the methods used. Pt. VI: Pollution arising from the marine transportation of chemicals. 21. Operational discharges from chemical carriers -- 22. Chemical spillage response. Pt. VII: National contingency planning and the structure of counter-pollution organisation. 23. Division of responsibility and planning for pollution response. Pt. VIII: Future developments. 24. Possible future developments in relation to current conclusions |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Coastal engineering.
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Marine pollution.
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Oil pollution of the sea.
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| LC no. |
83153034 |
| ISBN |
0853341826 |
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