Highlights•Fate of stranded oil differs in reflective and dissipative beaches.•Oil type and
beach type govern the characteristics of the oil deposition in the beach.•Tidal pumping …

Yearly monitoring in one of the most affected coastal zones by the Prestige oil spill, namely
Nemiña and O Rostro beaches (NW Spain), has been carried out since 2004. Topographic …

The aim of this work is to verify the impact of anthropogenic activities and the effects of
accidental events, eg oil spills, on the marine environment. For this reason, marine …

In order to create Environmental Sensitivity Maps for the northern coast of the Gibraltar Strait
(Spain), relevant information has been collected in three different layers (“Geomorphologic …

Laboratory experiments investigated oxygen dynamics in buried oiled sands sampled from
areas impacted by the Macondo spill. Measured oxygen fluxes in oil deposits that were …

Aps, R., Tõnisson, H, Anfuso, G., Perales, JA, Orviku, K., Suursaar, Ü. 2014. Incorporating
dynamic factors to the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) shoreline classification-Estonian …

The role of short-to medium-term geomorphic variation is analyzed in two Italian mixed sand
and gravel beaches to better understand how it could affect vulnerability assessments of oil …

Buried and surface MC252 oil from the intertidal on a coastal headland beach was sampled
using a randomized block methodology. Weathering indices contrasting alkylated 3 …

Exposed sandy beaches are widespread coastal habitats with temporal and spatial
variability. O Rostro beach (Galicia, north-west Spain) was the most severely affected beach …

Observations of sedimentary evolution of oil along northern Gulf of Mexico sand beaches,
made in conjunction with Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Technique (SCAT) surveys for the …