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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
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)
Suggested Citation
Smith, R.A., Slack, J.R., Davis, R.K., 1976, An oilspill risk analysis for the Mid-Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf lease area: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-451, iv, 24 p. :ill., maps ;26 cm.; (34 p. - PGS), https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr76451.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
Publication type
Report
Publication Subtype
USGS Numbered Series
Title
An oilspill risk analysis for the Mid-Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf lease area