Daily Archives: 11 May 2012

Thinking in 3 dimensions explains why some of BP’s Deepwater Horizon spilled oil did not wind up when and where predicted — the effects of water mounding 0

Citation Frederico Falcini, Douglas J. Jerolmack, and Bruno Buongiorno Nardelli, Mississippi River and Sea Surface Height Effects on Oil Slick Migration, PLoS ONE 7(4): e36037, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036037 (27 April 2012) Contrasting water and oil densities explain how water mounding fended oil away from Louisiana’s Mississippi River Delta shores From the University of Pennsylvania’s press release: [...]