Chemical Make-up of Gulf of Mexico Plume Determined

Chemical Make-up of Gulf of Mexico Plume Determined
Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:27:00 -0500

Taking another major step in sleuthing the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a research team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) determined what chemicals were contained in a deep, hydrocarbon-containing plume.

The plume was at least 22 miles long.

The scientists mapped and sampled it last summer in the Gulf of Mexico; it was a residue of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

The researchers took a major step in explaining why some chemicals, ...

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