Target Detection and Mapping of Aquatic Hazardous Waste Sites in MassachusettsBay Utilizing Sidescan Sonar

摘要

The oceans have frequently been used for disposal for a variety of industrial,chemical, and low-level radioactive wastes. In Massachusetts Bay, several areas have been used for the permitted and possible non-permitted disposal of waste containers with environmentally sensitive materials. During the Summer and Fall of 1991, the Industrial Waste Site (IWS) and the Boston Lightship Dumping Ground (BLDG) in Massachusetts Bay were the subject of intensive surveys to determine the areal extent, distribution and location of waste containers.