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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826048803321

Titolo

Cumulative environmental effects of oil and gas activities on Alaska's North Slope / / Committee on Cumulative Environmental Effects of Oil and Gas Activities on Alaska's North Slope, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Polar Research Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2003

ISBN

0-309-16836-8

1-280-20943-7

9786610209439

0-309-50625-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Disciplina

333.8/2314/097987

Soggetti

Petroleum industry and trade - Environmental aspects - Alaska - North Slope

Oil and gas leases - Environmental aspects - Alaska - North Slope

Environmental impact statements - Alaska - North Slope

North Slope (Alaska)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

FrontMatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Human Environment -- 3 The Alaska North Slope Environment -- 4 History of Oil and Gas Activities -- 5 Future Oil and Gas Activities -- 6 Effects on the Physical Environment -- 7 Effects on Vegetation -- 8 Effects on Animals -- 9 Effects on the Human Environment -- 10 Filling Knowledge Gaps -- 11 Major Effects and Their Accumulation -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Acknowledgments -- Appendix B Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Appendix C Petroleum Exploration and Development -- Appendix D Oil-Field Technology and the Environment -- Appendix E Aeromap Analyses and Data -- Appendix F Oil Spills -- Appendix G Saline Spills -- Appendix H Traditional Knowledge -- Appendix I Legal Framework for Activities on State Lands on the North Slope -- Appendix J A Method of Addressing Economic Irreversibility --



Appendix K Biosketches of the Committee's Members -- References -- Index.