Formation dynamics of subsurface hydrocarbon intrusions following the Deepwater Horizon blowout

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Socolofsky, Scott A ^a   Adams, E Eric ^b   Sherwood, Christopher R ^c  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOWOUTS; DROP FORMATION;

AMBIENT WATERS; DEEPWATER; DISSOLVED GAS; FORMATION DYNAMICS; INTRUSION FORMATION; LIQUID OIL; MULTIPHASE PLUMES; POTENTIAL DENSITY; SMALL DROPLETS;

HYDROCARBONS;

BLOWOUT; DEEP WATER; DISSOLVED GAS; HYDROCARBON SEEP; OIL SPILL; PLUME; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 79956373303     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047174     Document Type: Article

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