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Greenhill Oil Spill - East Timbalier Island
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Greenhill Oil Spill - East Timbalier Island
Greenhill Oil Spill - East Timbalier Island
Approximately 22 acres of intertidal marsh and hurricane overwash area have been planted with Spartina alterniflora in an effort to restore salt marsh habitat on East Timbalier Island. Prior to restoration, the marsh was damaged by an oil well blowout in the Timbalier Bay oil field.
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Greenhill Oil Spill
This image shows the sheen that occurred after the blow out. It runs throughthe boom and out the cuts in the island created by Hurricane Andrew.
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This image shows the sheen that occurred after the blow out. It runs throughthe boom and out the cuts in the island created by Hurricane Andrew.
4/9/2019 1:23:05 PM
Date:
Circa 1992
Credit:
NOAA Restoration Center
Location:
Timbalier Bay, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
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