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CSOMIO • GoMRI Students • People • Grad Student Tarpley Is Cracking the Code Between Oil Transport and Mud Flocs 6701a

Oil that enters a marine environment can attach to particulate matter suspended in the water and form oil particle aggregates, which then sink to the seafloor. Some oil particle aggregates are created when microbial excretions cause particulate matter and oil to cluster and bind together, forming Marine Oil Snow or MOS. Others result when fine Read More