A review of the shoreline and process characteristics of Canada's coasts and the expected impact and persistence of a major oil spill, which is a function of the type of oil, weathering processes and littoral zone energy levels.
This document describes a project carried out on northern Baffin Island near Pond Inlet at Eclipse Sound and Ragged Channel, to test various methods of cleaning and dispersing oil spills in tidal water and on shorelines.
This report provides an understanding of the dynamics and phsyical processes as they vary on the different coasts of Canada (including the Great Lakes), and a discussion of the likely fate and persistence of oil reaching the shoreline.
The structure of Canadian shorelines is described in terms of 10 basic types: rock surfaces, cliffs, coarse sediment beaches, sand beaches, intertidal coarse sediments, intertidal sand, intertidal mud, marshes, backshore areas and man-made structures. The expected impact of oil and cleanup strategies for each type of shoreline are presented--Abstract.