Citation

Glasby GP. Sci. Total Environ. 1997; 206(2-3): 267-273.

Affiliation

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9394485

Abstract

Large quantities of chemical warfare agents were dumped in the Baltic Sea after World War II (WWII). This included 32,000 t of chemical munitions containing approximately 11,000 t of chemical warfare agents which were dumped into the Bornholm Basin and 2000 t of chemical munitions containing approximately 1000 t in the Gotland Basin. Because this material was contained in wooden crates, it was distributed throughout the Baltic. The long-term environmental impact of these agents is unknown.

Language: en