Analyses of water samples from the deepwater horizon oil spill: Documentation of the subsurface plume

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 195, Issue , 2011, Pages 77-82

  Wade, Terry L ^a   Sweet, Stephen T ^a   Sericano, José L ^a   Guinasso Jr , Norman L ^a   Diercks, Arne R ^b,c   Highsmith, Raymond C ^c   Asper, Vernon L ^b,c   Joung, DongJoo ^b   Shiller, Alan M ^b   Lohrenz, Steven E ^b   Joye, Samantha B ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 84899845651     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GM001103     Document Type: Article

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