Archives

Search Archives

Transforming Secondary Education: New $100 million initiative to improve education quality across the nation.
Learn More »

Recent Spotlights »

View all Archives - Environment and Development »

Oil Spills and the Marine Environment







List of Table and Figures

Table
1-1 Estimated Annual Pollution of the Oceans by Man 60
Figures
1-1 Sources of Oil Pollution in the Oceans 61
2-1 The Load-on-Top Procedure 65
2-2 The Amount of Oil Transported at Sea Annually 68
2-3 Type, Number, and Percentage of the 269 Polluting Tanker Casualties 69
2-4 Single Buoy Mooring Facility 71
2-5 Sea Island 72
2-6 Artificial Island 73
2-7 Sketch of a "Christmas Tree" 81
3-1 The Kepner Barrier 92
3-2 Barrier Moored at an Angle to a Current 93
3-3 Sketch of Entrainment Failure of a Barrier 94
3-4 Sketch of the Spillguard Barrier 95
3-5 The "Navy Boom" 96
3-6 The USCG/Johns-Manville High Seas Oil Pollution Control Barrier 98
3-7 The Exxon Weir-Type Skimmer 101
3-8 Integral Barrier and Skimmer 102