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- Title
Marine Snow Sedimented Oil Released During the Deepwater Horizon Spill.
- Authors
Passow, Uta; Ziervogel, Kai
- Abstract
During and after the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) spill in the northern Gulf of Mexico, a massive amount of oil compounds and marine particles, termed floc, accumulated on the seafloor. It is now well established that sedimentation of oil following the DWH spill occurred largely in association with marine oil snow (MOS), a term that became accepted as describing marine snow that incorporates oil. A significant amount of the spilled oil made its way to the seafloor as MOS, appreciably affecting the distribution of oil within the ocean. This article summarizes current knowledge of the different types of MOS that sank, and the underlying processes that led to MOS formation as well as to the sedimentation and deposition of oil on the seafloor during and after the DWH spill.
- Subjects
GULF of Mexico; BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion &; Oil Spill, 2010; MARINE snow; SEDIMENTATION &; deposition; MARINE sediments; OIL pollution of the sea
- Publication
Oceanography, 2016, Vol 29, Issue 3, p118
- ISSN
1042-8275
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5670/oceanog.2016.76