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Investigation of evaporation and biodegradation of fuel spills in Antarctica - a chemical approach using GC-FID

Entry ID: fuel_evaporation

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Summary

Abstract: Evaporation Model for hydrocarbon spills.

Developed by the Australian Antarctic Division to simulate fractionation of Special Antarctic Blend (SAB) and other diesel range fuels during evaporation.

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Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -53.0

S: -70.0

E: 160.0

W: 60.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2003-11-01

Stop Date: 2003-11-30

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > OIL SPILLS

ISO Topic Category

ENVIRONMENT

Platform

LABORATORY

FIELD INVESTIGATION

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Access Constraints These data are publicly available for download from the URLs given below.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

The investigators must be credited when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

SAB

Special Antarctic Blend

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP

Distribution Size: 5,387 kb

Distribution Format: excel, word

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Distribution Media: HTTP

Distribution Size: 189 kb

Distribution Format: pdf

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Personnel

IAN SNAPE

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: +61 3 6232 3591

Fax: +61 3 6232 3158

Email: ian.snape at aad.gov.au

Contact Address:

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7050

Country: Australia

Publications/References

Snape, I., Harvey, P.M., Ferguson, S.H., Rayner, J.L., Revill, A.T. (2005) Investigation of evaporation and biodegradation of fuel spills in Antarctica I. A chemical approach using GC-FID. Chemosphere 61 1485-1494

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2006-08-01

Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-01-21

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