AKA: none
Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Northern Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Change and Hazard Susceptibility (MU210)
Principal Investigator(s): Robert Rosenbauer
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Robert Rosenbauer
Data Type(s): Sampling: Chemistry
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Sediment was collected before M-1 well oil made significant local landfall and analyzed for baseline conditions by a suite of diagnostic petroleum biomarkers.
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location:
End Port/Location:
Start Date: 2010-05-07
End Date: 2010-07-07
Equipment Used: Hand-grab sample
Information to be Derived: The purpose of this effort was to document conditions before oil made landfall at a given site and to characterize petroleum hydrocarbons that reside in coastal sediment samples before the M-1 oil spill could have any potential impact.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Preimpact samples of coastal sediment were obtained from 70 sites distributed in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida that could potentially be affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: FAN added for data published in OFR 2011-1014.
This field activity is being conducted in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. **This notice is to remind Department of the Interior employees, contractors and volunteers of their ongoing legal obligation to preserve information related to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill as required by the preservation notice issued May 4, 2010, by the Office of the Solicitor. The Preservation Notice requires the preservation of all documents, data, and artifacts that contain information related to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and any activities related to the oil spill response, recovery, and clean-up. Please follow the link below to review the May 4, 2010, Preservation Notice and June 4, 2010, Preservation Reminder and FAQs. https://portal.doi.net/c/deepwater/Memos/Forms/AllItems.aspx
Location:
Gulf of Mexico
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 31.30798015 | South: 27.85362992 | West: -96.9919 | East: -81.79655194 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
Lisle, J.T., Comer, N.N., 2011, Characterization of sediments from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic shorelines, Texas to Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1199, 82 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111199.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand-grab sample | --- | Biology Chemistry Geology |
