Metal and petroleum hydrocarbon contamination at Wilkes Station, East Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 760, Issue , 2014, Pages 118-133

  Fryirs, Kirstie A ^a   Hafsteinsdóttir, Erla G ^a   Stark, Scott C ^b   Gore, Damian B ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

ANZECC guidelines; clean up operations; contaminated site; environmental management; legacy waste

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SAMPLING;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; WILKES STATION;

EID: 84908584529     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102014000443     Document Type: Article

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