MONITORING A DIESEL SPILL AT SKODDEBERGVATN MILITARY SITE IN NORTHERN NORWAY

摘要

The results of this study show that the detected pollution will gradually degrade due to natural processes. The ratio nC-17/pristane indicates that the most volatile and soluble components of the diesel have already decayed, vaporized or been leached out of the soil. The re-sampling of 8 soil samples in 1996 showed the same contaminant distribution as 1995, but there was on average a 25 % reduction in hydrocarbon content. It was also observed a further reduction in the nC-17/pristane ratio from 1995 to 1996.