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Régions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Sahtu Settlement Area

étiquettes: contaminants, site remediation, soil, vegetation, snow, temperature, peat, oil spill, evaporation, spill sites

Objectif(s): To determine how spilled oil behaves and interacts wit the northern environment; how far and how quickly spilled oil will spread on land and in water. To ascertain how low temperatures and snow affect its spread; how deeply oil penetrates into the vegetation, litter or peat and mineral soil layers and what proportion will be lost to evaporation. To provide an indication of the area which would be covered by an oil spill in any given season and provide some indication of clean-up techniques.