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Swamp Barges operate in very shallow water (less than 20 ft). They can be towed onto location and are then ballasted so that they sit on bottom . The drilling unit is mounted onto the barge. This type of unit is popular in the swamp areas of Nigeria. 

For example, the many deepwater fields located in the Gulf of Mexico are of Tertiary age and are comprised of complex sand bodies which were deposited in a deepwater turbidite sequence. The BP Prudhoe Bay sandstone reservoir in Alaska is of Triassic/ Cretaceous age and was deposited by a large shallow water fluvial-alluvial fan delta system. The Saudi Arabian Ghawar limestone reservoir is of Jurassic age and was deposited in a warm, shallow marine sea. Although these reservoirs were deposited in very different depositional environments they all contain producible accumulations of hydrocarbons, though the fraction of recoverable oil varies. In fact, these three fields are some of the largest in the world, containing over 12 billion barrels of oil each ... 

Shallow water carbonate (reefs carbonate muds) Reservoir quality governed by diagenetic processes and structural history (fracturing). Prolific production from karstified carbonates. High and early water production possible. Dual porosity systems in fractured carbonates. Dolomites may produce H S. 

There have been numerous experiments using this technique, mostly in shallow waters, in Europe and N. America. With the exception of the Norfolk Broads Restoration programme, there have been few attempts to resolve eutrophication by bio-manipulation in UK lakes. 

In most solids, the sound speed is an increasing function of pressure, and it is that property that causes a compression wave to steepen into a shock. The situation is similar to a shallow water wave, whose velocity increases with depth. As the wave approaches shore, a small wavelet on the trailing, deeper part of the wave moves faster, and eventually overtakes similar disturbances on the front part of the wave. Eventually, the water wave becomes gravitationally unstable and overturns. 

For a shock wave in a solid, the analogous picture is shown schematically in Fig. 2.6(a). Consider a compression wave on which there are two small compressional disturbances, one ahead of the other. The first wavelet moves with respect to its surroundings at the local sound speed of Aj, which depends on the pressure at that point. Since the medium through which it is propagating is moving with respect to stationary coordinates at a particle velocity Uj, the actual speed of the disturbance in the laboratory reference frame is Aj - -Ui- Similarly, the second disturbance advances at fl2 + 2- Thus the second wavelet overtakes the first, since both sound speed and particle velocity increase with pressure. Just as a shallow water wave steepens, so does the shock. Unlike the surf, a shock wave is not subject to gravitational instabilities, so there is no way for it to overturn. 

New types of anodes have been developed and tested as shown in Fig. 16-5 to improve the possibility of maintenance and repair. They can be lifted onto a ship and repaired. The connecting cables are also replaceable. In shallow water, the anchorage must be accurately calculated because considerable dynamic stressing can occur in heavy seas. The ocean floor must be suitable for long-term anchorage. No supply ships must anchor in the area around the platform. This requirement alone often prevents the installation of impressed current anodes since the operator does not wish or is not able to restrict himself to these conditions. 

Coastal and Shallow-water Fishes that Utilize Cypridina Luciferin... 

Although the relationship of sediment adsorption to water concentration appears to be a controlling feature of shallow water systems such as lakes and coastal shelf water, the open ocean is more likely to contain soluble plutonium which seems to be unaffected by particulate matter. This is particularly evident in two oceanographic studies. Bowen et al have discovered a stratum of plutonium in the North Pacific at about 500m that has not changed depth appreciably from 1973 to 1980. How it arrived at this depth is subject to conjecture but it appears to be soluble plutonium which is not settling(17). Fukai et al have delineated plutonium maxima in the Mediterranean Sea which seem to be due to soluble species(18). Comparison of americium to plutonium ratios in this... 

It is significant that the earliest records of life on Earth start shortly after the period of impact frustration. Apparently life formed as soon as the conditions permitted it. Life originated from compounds produced by prebiotic organic chemistry. The source of the molecules included those produced on Earth by energetic processes such as impacts and electrical discharges as well as those that fell in from space. Whatever processes occurred, they would have had to happen either in the deep ocean or in what might have been rare regions of land and shallow water. 

River functioning (globally expressed as metabolism) does not often show unidirectional responses to stress, and therefore makes difficult the prediction of changes. Gross Primary Production (GPP) may be first enhanced because the decrease of water flow may result in shallower water depths and lead to more underwater light... 

TBT levels have been monitored in coastal areas of Western Europe and North America. These have ranged upward to 5.34 pg/L in Western Europe, and 1.71 pg/L in North America (Environmental Health Criteria 116). The highest levels were recorded in the shallow waters of estuaries and harbors where there were large numbers of small boats. 

Wilson JT, McNabb JF, Balkwill DL, et al. 1983a. Enumeration and characterization of bacteria indigenous to a shallow water-table aquifer. Ground Water 21 134-142. 

Site topography Exclusion Must have slope <1% Site must not be susceptible to flooding Shallow water table or tile drains must not interfere with sampling These are exclusion criteria that have to be carefully determined during on-site inspection Site must be level to prevent losses of agrochemical due to surface run-off and soil erosion Site must not be susceptible to runoff from other areas higher than test site... 

During sampling, care to avoid floating materials (e.g., litter, oils, etc.) in water is necessary. Also, careful attention should be given to the collection of the water without disturbing sediments in shallow water. 

Typically, only those sites that have aerobic conditions in the contaminated zone because of shallow water tables and high rates of groundwater recharge have achieved significant natural biodegradation of MTBE and other oxygenates.65... 

The 5,168-acre Alabama Army Ammunition Plant tract, on the banks of the Coosa River in Talladega County, AL, is 4 miles north of Childersburg, AL (4). Plant operations, between 1942 and 1945, left residues from the manufacture of diphenylamine, TNT, DNT, and tetryl. Some of these compounds have been found on the site, and others are suspected. The shallow water table, draining to the Coosa River, is probably contaminated, but only deeper, uncontaminated aquifers would be used as the source for... 

Assimilation At the end of each month phytoplankton concentrations in the surface level were adjusted according to the MERIS satellite chlorophyll-a concentrations of the corresponding month. The data assimilation is only done for shallow waters, with a water depth lower than 250 m (see Figure 2.1). 

Although the adjustment of model phytoplankton concentrations takes places every month, not all shallow water locations are affected by it every month. Since MERIS is an optical sensor, light availability limits its ability to measure ocean colour. Hence solar angle and clouds determine, whether assimilation is possible or not. The number of months in which is assimilation is possible is higher for locations close to the equator than locations at higher latitudes (Figure 2. lb)). 

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