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News Release 10-108
Gulf Oil Spill: NSF Awards Rapid Response Grant to Study Oil Found on Alabama, North Florida Beaches
Scientists track "beach-fall" of tar balls along more than 99 miles of beach on the northern Gulf coast
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Oil has washed up along miles of Gulf coast beaches, geologists funded by NSF are finding.
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Beaches sampled by the research team extend across the northern Gulf region.
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Oil has become mixed with beach sands, what scientists term "beach-fall."
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A close-up view of oil buried under Gulf coast sands.
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Geologists Ping Wang and colleagues look beneath the surface of Gulf coast beaches for oil.
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Ping Wang and research team collect samples of oil they have uncovered along Gulf beaches.
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