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... Helgoland . If it should be true that daily amounts of 1800 t of waste acid have no effect on the organisms of a marine area , then this finding is of great importance , because it con- tradicts laboratory results . Experiments in which ...
... Helgoland . If it should be true that daily amounts of 1800 t of waste acid have no effect on the organisms of a marine area , then this finding is of great importance , because it con- tradicts laboratory results . Experiments in which ...
Page 66
... Helgoland Bight . Nearly every day a barge was loaded with 1200 m3 of sludge containing about 8 % solids , towed for about 11 h to the site , and emptied . Unloading took about 2 h so that the sludge is spread over a larger area . The ...
... Helgoland Bight . Nearly every day a barge was loaded with 1200 m3 of sludge containing about 8 % solids , towed for about 11 h to the site , and emptied . Unloading took about 2 h so that the sludge is spread over a larger area . The ...
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... Helgoland , North Sea . The natural rate of sedimentation in this area is approximately 50 cm per century . The shadowed vertical bars represent as background the heavy metal concentration before man and his civilization affected it ...
... Helgoland , North Sea . The natural rate of sedimentation in this area is approximately 50 cm per century . The shadowed vertical bars represent as background the heavy metal concentration before man and his civilization affected it ...
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