NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Hutchinson, Tom
Licensed Year(s): 1975
Summary: To ascertain how crude oil affects terrestrial and aquatic plants, and soil and water micro-organisms, for Arctic Land Use Research Program....

Principal Investigator: MacKay, D.
Licensed Year(s): 1975
Summary: 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 b...

Principal Investigator: Dabbs, Donald
Licensed Year(s): 1975
Summary: (1) Seeding of native grasses - Tununuk Point. (2) Effect on vegetation of methyL alcohol spills - Inuvik area. (3) Restoration of tundra vegetation after ditching - Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula. (4) Biodegradation of methyl alcohol - Inuvik area. (5) Use of biodegradable fibre mats for slope stabilization - Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula. (6) Seeding of large disturbed areas at rig sites. (7) Monitoring of...

Principal Investigator: Railton, John
Licensed Year(s): 1974
Summary: Study of vegetation at old mud spills resulting from past drilling operations, Mackenzie Delta, on behalf of Panarctic Oils Limited....

Principal Investigator: Forgie, David
Licensed Year(s): 1974
Summary: Studies on solid waste....