Model of Deepwater Blowout (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Barbara

Model of Deepwater Blowout

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Top image: Contrast of (a) the traditional model for crude oil fate and effects that prevailed before the DWH blowout, based on synthesis of experience with nearshore maritime spills in shallow water, and (b) the newly emerging and still developing model of a deepwater blowout like the DWH.

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