Near shore submerged oil assessment /

"In the context of the BP Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, submerged oil refers to near shore oil which has picked up sediments and become heavier than water and sunk. Without the addition of these sediments, extensive laboratory study has shown that this particular oil...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	National Incident Management System (U.S.). Unity of Effort
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[United States] : [National Incident Command, Unity of Effort], [2010]
Subjects:	BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010 > Environmental aspects > Risk assessment. Oil spills > Environmental aspects > Risk assessment > Mexico, Gulf of. Oil pollution of soils > Risk assessment > Mexico, Gulf of. Environmental degradation > Mexico, Gulf of.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo32656

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Summary:	"In the context of the BP Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, submerged oil refers to near shore oil which has picked up sediments and become heavier than water and sunk. Without the addition of these sediments, extensive laboratory study has shown that this particular oil will not sink. The oil can be visible to the naked eye, but is not always easy to locate as it may be covered by sand and sediment, or in deeper water. Although it is common to use the terms submerged and subsurface interchangeably, they are actually distinct and result from very different physical and chemical processes"--P. [1].
Item Description:	"September 2010." "RestoreTheGulf.gov." Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (2 unnumbered pages) : color illustrations
Format:	Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Mode of access: Internet from the USGS Web site. Address as of 01/13/05: ; current access is available via PURL.