Subsurface trapping of oil plumes in stratification: Laboratory investigations

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 195, Issue , 2011, Pages 257-262

  Adalsteinsson, David ^a,b   Camassa, Roberto ^a,b   Harenberg, Steven ^a   Lin, Zhi ^c   McLaughlin, Richard M ^a,b   Mertens, Keith ^a,b   Reis, Jonathan ^a   Schlieper, William ^a   White, Brian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84875387600     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GM001115     Document Type: Article

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