Fallout plume of submerged oil from Deepwater Horizon

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

Volumn 111, Issue 45, 2014, Pages 15906-15911

  Valentine, David L ^a   Fisher, G Burch ^a   Bagby, Sarah C ^a   Nelson, Robert K ^b   Reddy, Christopher M ^b   Sylva, Sean P ^b   Wood, Mary A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep plumes; Gulf of Mexico; Macondo well blowout; Ocean pollution; Petroleum spill

Indexed keywords

17ALPHA(H),21BETA(H) HOPANE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCARBON; OIL; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLOUT; GULF OF MEXICO; OIL SPILL; PLUME; SEA; SHIP;

EID: 84909594623     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1414873111     Document Type: Article

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