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Andrei Y. Ivanov Ivan S. Ermoshkin, Mapping oil spills in the Caspian Sea using ERS-1/ERS-2 SAR image Quick-Looks and GIS, Gayana 68(2) supl. t.1, Faculty of Natural science and oceanography, University of Concepcion, Chile, 2004; The Caspian Sea, oil and gas activity and concession map 2004, Oilfield Publication Limited (OPL), Herefordshire, United Kindom.
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Uploaded on Wednesday 22 Feb 2012
by GRID-Arendal
Oil spill off the coast of Apsheron peninsula
Year:
2007
Author:
Philippe Rekacewicz, UNEP/GRID-Arendal
Description:
Thousands of hectares of soil on Azerbaijan’s Apsheron peninsula are unsuitable for agricultural use due to oil spills. The largest of these oil spills happened in May 1996. Oil extraction is happening off shore, in the Caspian Sea, and the oil is transported by pipelines.
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