Applications of science and engineering to quantify and control the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 50, 2012, Pages 20222-20228

  McNutt, Marcia K ^a   Chu, Steven ^b   Lubchenco, Jane ^c   Hunter, Tom ^d   Dreyfus, Gabrielle ^b,c   Murawski, Steven A ^c,e   Kennedy, David M ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf of Mexico; Oil collection; Science based decision making; Spill of national significance; Well control

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOW RATE; GOVERNMENT; MEXICO; OIL SPILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; SCIENCE; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 84870935942     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1214389109     Document Type: Review

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