The Degradation of crude oil in northern soils
By: Donald Mackay ... [et al.].
Contributors: MacKay, D.; Northern Affairs Program (Canada); Arctic Land Use Research Program.; Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.
Series: Environmental studies -- no. 18; Environmental studies (Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada) -- no. 18.
Publisher: Northern Affairs Program, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Ottawa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 39
Subjects: Petroleum -- Biodegradation.; Petroleum -- Arctic regions -- Biodegradation.; Soil pollution -- Arctic regions.; Oil spills -- Arctic regions.
Description: This study reviews several experimental studies at Norman Wells, Inuvik, Tuktoyaktuk and Richards Island, Northwest Territories, on the physical and biological factors influencing the rate at which oil spilled on the ground degrades and loses its toxic components.
Notes: "QS-8270-000-EE-A1"

Prepared for the Arctic Land Use Research Program, Northern Environmental Protection and Renewable Resources Branch, Dept. of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

"August 1979."

Catalogue no. R71-19/1980E.