Oil Leaching
At right is a 1997 photo showing residual oil on a cobble beach on Smith Island. Here, large volumes of oil have penetrated so deeply into this beach that substantial quantities continue to leach out.
Other pages in this series Resiliency of the Sound Remaining Impacts Oil Remaining in the Environment Implications for Spill Response Use this link to return to the previous page. An Ecosystem in Transition The Future of NOAA's Monitoring
