AKA: none
Other ID: L-1-10-GM
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):
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Chemistry
Scientific Purpose/Goals: sample analysis
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: beaches along Gulf Coast
End Port/Location: beaches along Gulf Coast
Start Date: 2010-04-20
End Date: 2010-12-31
Equipment Used: GPS, samples
Information to be Derived: Chemical Analysis of Deepwater Horizon Oil Samples
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: USGS scientists are analyzing samples of oil collected from the surface of the Gulf of Mexico to provide compositional data that will help in using hyperspectral remote-sensing methods to map the spatial extent of thick oil accumulations on the surface, and to estimate their volume. The chemical analyses serve as ground truth for calibrating interpretations of the hyperspectral data. Analyses of samples of the original crude from the well head and samples of shoreline sediment pre- and post- spill are also underway, to help map the oils spatial extent and to confirm that oil making landfall is from the Deepwater Horizon spill.
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Samples taken in response to Deepwater Horizon explosion
From: OS Records Office
Subject: Preservation Notice Regarding Deepwater
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: 30.39333 | South: 28.90719 | West: -95.1086 | East: -82.69078 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
Rosenbauer, R.J., Campbell, P.L., Lam, A., Lorenson, T.D., Hostettler, F.D., Thomas, B., and Wong, F.L., 2010, Reconnaissance of Macondo-1 well oil in sediment and tarballs from the northern Gulf of Mexico shoreline, Texas to Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1290, 22 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1290/.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPS | --- | Navigation | Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format Global positioning system (GPS) data l-1-10-gm.060 (Provisional best file) |
| samples | --- | Biology Chemistry Geology | Station Information USGS_GOM_50_sites_lat-long.pdf |
