Threats to Our Ocean Heritage: Potentially Polluting Wrecks / edited by Michael L. Brennan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brennan, Michael L.

Series:

SpringerBriefs in Underwater Archaeology, 2625-2570

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Underwater archaeology.

Cultural property--Protection.

Cultural property.

Historic preservation.

Oceanography.

Maritime Archaeology.

Conservation and Preservation.

Ocean Sciences.

Local Subjects:

Maritime Archaeology.

Conservation and Preservation.

Ocean Sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (164 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2024.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024.

Summary:

This open access volume focuses on the environmental hazards and cultural significance of Potentially Polluting Wrecks (PPWs), and how mitigation efforts have assisted in documenting and preserving the history of these sites. It is an important resource on the subject of Potentially Polluting Wrecks that synthesizes previously published information that was not academically or scientifically produced. This includes numerous international studies of shipwreck databases and threats posed by world war wrecks containing oil and other hazardous materials that could spill. This book evaluates these materials and presents new analyses and investigations with modern technology that assist in locating, documenting, and remediating polluting wreck sites. Consequently, this volume calls for increased ocean exploration missions to locate sunken merchant vessels that may pose pollution hazards and site assessments to determine any potential risks. This book is of interest to government officials, educators, archaeologists and practitioners working in the field of underwater archaeology.

Contents:

Foreword (Mark J. Spalding)

1. Potentially Polluting Wrecks: An Introduction (Michael L. Brennan)

2. Potentially Polluting Wrecks and the Legal Duty to Protect Our Ocean Heritage (Mariano J. Aznar, Ole Varmer)

3. Environmental Impact and Modeling of Petroleum Spills (Matt Horn, Deborah French-McCay, Dagmar Schmidt Etkin)

4. Corrosion Processes of Steel-Hulled Potentially Polluting Wrecks (Robert Glover)

5. From Desktop to Dive: Assessing the Pollution Potential of SS Fernstream, USNS Mission San Miguel and SS Coast Trader (James P. Delgado)

6. Managing Potentially Polluting Wrecks in the United Kingdom (Polly Georgiana Hill, Matthew Skelhorn, Freya Goodsir)

7. Polluting Wrecks in the Baltic Sea (Benedykt Hac)

8. Potentially Polluting Wrecks in the Blue Pacific (Matthew Carter, Ashley Meredith, Augustine C. Kohler, Bradford Mori, Ranger Walter)

9. Satellite Detection and the Discovery of Bloody Marsh (Michael L. Brennan, Geoffrey Thiemann, William Jeffery)

10. Searching for a Lost PPW: SS William Rockefeller (John Detlie)

11. Assessment Methodologies for Potentially Polluting Wrecks: The Need for a Common Approach (Mark Lawrence, Stuart Leather, Simon Burnay)

12. Concluding Statement (Joao Sousa, Benjamin Ferrari, Michael L. Brennan, Ole Varmer).

ISBN:

3-031-57960-7