Report 534 – Impacts of oil spills on shorelines

IOGP report 534

This GPG provides an overview of how oil spills can impact on marine and estuarine shorelines and how quickly they can recover.

IOGP report 534

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Description

This GPG provides an overview of how oil spills can impact on marine and estuarine shorelines and how quickly they can recover.

The document describes the fate of oil on different shorelines and the characteristics that are relevant to impacts and recovery, together with the ecological impacts of oil on shorelines. It outlines current best practice in shoreline clean-up, and summarizes some of the fundamental approaches and requirements of impact assessment.

 

Additional information

Publication Date

2016

Asset Group

Environment

Asset Status

Active

Asset Subgroup

Oil Spill Preparedness and Response

Content Type

Publication

Document type

Report

External Library

ASTM

Language Code

en-US

Page Count

56