Influence of Mississippi River induced circulation on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill transport

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3823-3842

  Kourafalou, Vassiliki H ^a   Androulidakis, Yannis S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

coastal processes; Deepwater Horizon oil spill; estuarine processes; Mississippi River Delta; Northern Gulf of Mexico; shelf processes

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; OIL SPILLS;

COASTAL PROCESS; DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILLS; ESTUARINE PROCESS; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO;

RIVERS;

ANTICYCLONE; DEEP WATER; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; MARSH; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL SPILL; RIVER PLUME;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885129241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20272     Document Type: Article

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