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Laubier, Lucien; Le Moigne, Morgan; Flammarion, Patrick; Thybaud, Eric; Cossa, Daniel. |
On December 11, 1999, Erika, an oil tanker flying the Maltese flag and loaded with 31 000 t of heavy fuel oil, was making its way from Dunkirk to Livorno when it encountered difficult weather conditions Southwest of the Brittany coast gale force winds 8 to 9 and 6 mwaves). On the morning of 12th December, the captain broadcast an SOS; his vessel was breaking in two, approximately 30 nautical miles to south of Penmarc'h Point (Fig. 1; Finistère, France). The fore section of the vessel sank during the night of the 12-13 December and the aft section was taken in tow on the morning December 13, but subsequently sank in the early afternoon. Both parts lay in 120 m of water and were located 10 km apart. Approximately, 19 000 t of heavy fuel oil were spilled into... |
Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Atlantique; France; Monitoring programme; Hydrocarbon; Erika; Marine pollution; Ecotoxicology; Ecology. |
Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2004/publication-1390.pdf |
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