Buried Waste in the Seabed – Acoustic Imaging and Bio-toxicity : Results From the European SITAR Project

Buried waste on the seabed is a major source of pollution. But, very often, waste sites are not known until aserious problem occurs, or are not adequately mapped. Recent examples around Europe include WWI and WWII ammunition dump sites (e.g. Beufort Dyke in the UK), dumped nuclear submarines in the Arctic Seas, clandestine or hidden toxic-waste in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea.. Even if properly documented, waste sites evolve with time (dumped material can movewith currents and tides, especially on a scale of decades; toxic-material barrels can corrode and leak). This book shows the results of a concerted EU-funded effort to tackle this problem and find innovative ways to identify and map toxic waste sites ona the seabed, whether they have been covered with sediments or not. These results are applicable to any region on the seabed in the entire world. Buried waste on the seabed is a major source of pollution. But, very often, waste sites are not known until a serious problem occurs, or are not adequately mapped. Recent examples around Europe include WWI and WWII ammunition dump sites (e.g. Beufort Dyke in the UK), dumped nuclear submarines in the Arctic Seas, clandestine or hidden toxic-waste in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. Even if properly documented, waste sites evolve with time (dumped material can move with currents and tides, especially on a scale of decades; toxic-material barrels can corrode and leak). This book shows the results of a concerted EU-funded effort to tackle this problem and find innovative ways to identify and map toxic waste sites on the seabed, whether they have been covered with sediments or not. These results are applicable to any region on the seabed in the entire world. 3540281207......Page 1 Buried Waste in the Seabed......Page 2 Contents......Page 5 Part I......Page 23 1......Page 24 Part II......Page 31 2......Page 32 3......Page 38 4......Page 44 5......Page 50 6......Page 58 7......Page 84 Part III......Page 90 8......Page 91 9......Page 97 10......Page 101 11......Page 105 Part IV......Page 120 12......Page 121 13......Page 128 14......Page 130 15......Page 141 16......Page 156 Part V......Page 179 17......Page 180 18......Page 186 19......Page 190 Part VI......Page 194 20......Page 195 References......Page 198 Dumping at sea is defined and regulated by two global conventions: the London Dumping Convention (1975), dealing with direct disposal of dumping at sea, and the MARPOL Convention (1973, modified 1978), dealing with ship-borne operations. Buried waste in the seabed contains the results of the SITAR project (funded by the European Union), is a comprehensive and practical manual explaining the novel techniques and quantitative assestments of toxicology risks This work details the results of an EU funded effort to tackle the problems of buried sea waste and find innovative new ways to identify and map toxic waste sites