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    Floating oil-covered debris from Deepwater Horizon : identification and application

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    Date
    2012-01-18
    Author
    Carmichael, Catherine A.  Concept link
    Arey, J. Samuel  Concept link
    Graham, William M.  Concept link
    Linn, Laura J.  Concept link
    Lemkau, Karin L.  Concept link
    Nelson, Robert K.  Concept link
    Reddy, Christopher M.  Concept link
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    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/5178
    As published
    https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/7/1/015301
    DOI
    10.1088/1748-9326/7/1/015301
    Keyword
     Deepwater Horizon; Macondo well; Gulf of Mexico; Oil spill; Floating debris 
    Abstract
    The discovery of oiled and non-oiled honeycomb material in the Gulf of Mexico surface waters and along coastal beaches shortly after the explosion of Deepwater Horizon sparked debate about its origin and the oil covering it. We show that the unknown pieces of oiled and non-oiled honeycomb material collected in the Gulf of Mexico were pieces of the riser pipe buoyancy module of Deepwater Horizon. Biomarker ratios confirmed that the oil had originated from the Macondo oil well and had undergone significant weathering. Using the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's records of the oil spill trajectory at the sea surface, we show that the honeycomb material preceded the front edge of the uncertainty of the oil slick trajectory by several kilometers. We conclude that the observation of debris fields deriving from damaged marine materials may be incorporated into emergency response efforts and forecasting of coastal impacts during future offshore oil spills, and ground truthing predicative models.
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    Author Posting. © IOP Publishing, 2012. This article is posted here by permission of IOP Publishing. Re-use is limited to non-commercial purposes. The definitive version was published in Environmental Research Letters 7 (2012): 015301, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/7/1/015301.
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    Environmental Research Letters 7 (2012): 015301
     

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