Coastal marine pollution

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Coastal marine pollution

• Geoskills Presentation
• Ciara Taggart, Nicola Simpson,
• Niccola Boyd.

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5 Primary pathways of water pollution

• Riverine input
• Non point source run-off
• Direct pipeline discharge
• Discharge from ship dumping
• Atmospheric pollution

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5 classes of water contaminants

• Petroleum hydrocarbons
• Halogenated Hydrocarbons
• Heavy metals
• Radionuclides
• Litter/ Sewage

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Clean up methods

• Mechanical cleaning
• Shoreline cleaning
• No spill control
• Dispersants

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8 heavy metal pollutants

• Copper
• Zinc
• Cadmium
• Mercury
• Lead
• Tin
• Arsenic
• Selenium

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Sewage

• General introduction
• Treatment of sewage
• How pollutants enter the system
• The effects of sewage

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References

• Hood, D.W. (Ed) 1971. Impingement of man on the
  oceans. John Wiley and sons Inc. New York.
  
• Kennish, M.J. (1997) Practical Handbook of
  Estuarine and Marine Pollution. C.R.C. Press New
  York, London
  
• Macropaedia Britannica. Vol 16. The New
  Encyclopaedia Brittannica (1988) Encyclopaedia
  Brittanica Inc. Chicago
  
• Cady M, (1988) The complete book of British
  Birds, The Automobile Association, Basingstoke