Oil in Wetland Soils (IMAGE)

American Society of Agronomy

Oil in Wetland Soils

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Crude oil from the BP spill can still be found buried in the wetland soils. Surface of the soil is at the top and the oil can be seen as a line of reddish brown material running horizontally about 5 cm below the surface.

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J. Levine

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