Factors Controlling Macondo Oil Biodegradation on a Rapidly Eroding Coastal Headlands Beach
Fourchon Beach, located along the southeast Louisiana coast, was affected by the oil leaking from the British Petroleums Deepwater Horizon Oil rig explosion in 2010. The oil, labeled MC252 oil, came ashore in a stable emulsion form, contaminating the sand, salt pan, marsh and mangroves along the bea...
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LSU
2012
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| Online Access: | http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04262012-095714/ |