An oilspill risk analysis for the Mid-Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf lease area
Open-File Report
76-451
By: Richard Allmon Smith, James Richard Slack, and Robert K. Davis
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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 |
| Year Published | 1976 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S Geological Survey, |
| Description | iv, 24 p. :ill., maps ;26 cm.; (34 p. - PGS) |