Licence #1893

Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Sahtu Settlement Area

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

Principal Investigator: MacKay, D. (1)
Licence Number: 1893
Organization:
Licensed Year(s): 1975
Issued: Jan 01, 1975

Objective(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.