Twenty Years after the Nakhodka Oil Spill Accident in the Sea of Japan, How Has Contamination Changed?

Twenty Years after the Nakhodka Oil Spill Accident in the Sea of Japan, How Has Contamination Changed?

The Nakhodka, a Russian tanker loaded with 19,000 kL of C-type heavy oil, was broken up into sections and submerged off Oki Island, Shimane Prefecture, Japan on 2 January 1997. The bow, after drifting for four days, was wrecked off Anto, Sakai City (Mikuni), Fukui Prefecture, threatening the environ...

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Main Authors: Kazue Tazaki, Atsuko Fukuyama, Fumie Tazaki, Yoshiaki Shintaku, Keiichi Nakamura, Teruaki Takehara, Yoshihiro Katsura, Keisuke Shimada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-04-01
Series:Minerals
Subjects:
20 years after the Nakhodka oil spill accident
Atake seashore in Wajima
bioremediation
biomineralization
CHN
XRD
SEM-EDS
graphite
paraffin wax
sulfur
calcite
halite
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/8/5/178

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