Near shore submerged oil assessment / National Incident Command, Unity of Effort.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

National Incident Management System (U.S.). Unity of Effort

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010--Environmental aspects--Risk assessment.

BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010.

Oil spills--Environmental aspects--Risk assessment--America, Gulf of.

Oil spills.

Oil pollution of soils--Risk assessment--America, Gulf of.

Oil pollution of soils.

Environmental degradation--America, Gulf of.

Environmental degradation.

Gulf of America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([2] pages) : color illustrations

Place of Publication:

[United States] : [National Incident Command, Unity of Effort], [2010]

Summary:

"In the context of the BP Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, submerged oil refers to near shore oil which has picked up sediments and become heavier than water and sunk. Without the addition of these sediments, extensive laboratory study has shown that this particular oil will not sink. The oil can be visible to the naked eye, but is not always easy to locate as it may be covered by sand and sediment, or in deeper water. Although it is common to use the terms submerged and subsurface interchangeably, they are actually distinct and result from very different physical and chemical processes"--Page [1].

Notes:

"September 2010."

"RestoreTheGulf.gov."

Title from title screen (viewed Aug. 22, 2011).

OCLC:

747597987