Present state of oil pollution in the northern Indian Ocean |
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| Authors: | R Sen Gupta Tariq W Kureishy |
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| Institution: | National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa 403004, India |
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| Abstract: | A consolidated picture of oil pollution for the northern Indian Ocean is presented. Oil slicks were sighted on 5582 observations, about 83.5% of the total observations of 6689. The range of concentrations, of the floating tar balls, is 0–6.0 mg/m2 in the Arabian Sea. Similarly, the oil tanker route in the Bay of Bengal has the range of 0–69.75 mg/m2. North of this route, the Bay of Bengal is comparatively free from this floating tar. Mean concentrations of dissolved and dispersed hydrocarbons for 0–20 m are 32.5 and 24.1 μg kg?1, respectively, in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. |
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