In response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, the purpose of this field activity was to provide a set of baseline data on sediment characteristics known to directly influence (1) the penetration of oil into coastal sediments and (2) the efficacy of chemical and (or) bioremediation. Also to determine if the presence of M-1 oil in the sediments significantly altered the microbial community-diversity structure.
Location
Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas
Summary
Collected 61 shoreline sediment samples.
Info derived
Hydraulic conductivity, porosity, grain-size distribution, the presence of M-1 oil, and the microbial community-diversity structure.
Comments
These samples are also recorded in the USGS National Water Information System Web Map Viewer:
https://maps.waterdata.usgs.gov/mapper/index.html
