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... Amoco Cadiz 24.000 t T 1 0 50 100 miles 220,000 Fig . 46. On March 18 , 1967 , en route to Milford , the tanker " Torrey Canyon " went aground on a rift northeast of the Scilly Islands . The course of the slick which escaped from the ...
... Amoco Cadiz 24.000 t T 1 0 50 100 miles 220,000 Fig . 46. On March 18 , 1967 , en route to Milford , the tanker " Torrey Canyon " went aground on a rift northeast of the Scilly Islands . The course of the slick which escaped from the ...
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... Amoco Cadiz " from Liberia broke , and the ship was out of steering control 25 nau- tical miles off Britanny , France . If the captain had asked for assistance , nothing serious would have happened , because the tugboat " Simson " was ...
... Amoco Cadiz " from Liberia broke , and the ship was out of steering control 25 nau- tical miles off Britanny , France . If the captain had asked for assistance , nothing serious would have happened , because the tugboat " Simson " was ...
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... Amoco Cadiz " accident was much faster ( Atlas et al . 1981 ) . Even during the early days of strand- ing when evaporation of volatile compounds was rigorous , the percentage of straight alkanes declined probably due to microbial ...
... Amoco Cadiz " accident was much faster ( Atlas et al . 1981 ) . Even during the early days of strand- ing when evaporation of volatile compounds was rigorous , the percentage of straight alkanes declined probably due to microbial ...
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