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Extent of lingering Gulf oil plume revealed

Extensive chemical analysis confirms that undegraded oil remains at ocean depths.

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  1. Camilli, R. et al. Science advance online publication doi:10.1126/science.1195223 (2010).

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Mascarelli, A. Extent of lingering Gulf oil plume revealed. Nature (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2010.420

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