An oilspill risk analysis for the Mid-Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf lease area

Open-File Report 76-451
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Abstract

An oilspill risk analysis was conducted to determine relative environmental impacts of developing oil in different regions of the Mid-Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf lease area. The study analyzed probability of spills, likely path of pollutants from spills, and locations in space and time of recreational and biological resources likely to be vulnerable. These results are combined to yield estimates of the overall oilspill risk associated with development of the lease area. (Woodard-USGS)
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title An oilspill risk analysis for the Mid-Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf lease area
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 76-451
ISBN pbk
DOI 10.3133/ofr76451
Edition -
Year Published 1976
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S Geological Survey,
Description iv, 24 p. :ill., maps ;26 cm.; (34 p. - PGS)
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