TY - CHAP
T1 - Gulf of Mexico (GoM) Bottom Sediments and Depositional Processes: A Baseline for Future Oil Spills
AU - Brooks, Gregg R.
AU - Larson, Rebekka A.
AU - Schwing, Patrick
AU - Diercks, Arne R.
AU - Armenteros, Maickel
AU - Diaz-Asencio, Misael
AU - Sanchez-Cabeza, Joan-Albert
AU - Ruiz-Fernandez, Ana C.
AU - Herguera, Juan Carlos
AU - Pérez-Bernal, Libia H.
AU - Hollander, David
PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - The deposition/accumulation of oil on the seafloor is heavily influenced by sediment/texture/composition and sedimentary processes/accumulation rates. The objective of this chapter is to provide a baseline of Gulf of Mexico sediment types and transport/depositional processes to help guide managers where oiled sediments may be expected to be deposited and potentially accumulate on the seafloor in the event of a future oil spill. Based solely on sediments/processes/accumulation rates, regions most vulnerable to oil deposition/accumulation include the deep eastern basin, followed by the western/southwestern basin, and north and west continental margins. The least vulnerable regions include the northwest Cuban shelf and the carbonate-dominated west Florida shelf and Campeche Bank. This is intended to be used as a general, “first cut” tool and does not consider local variations in sediments/processes.
AB - The deposition/accumulation of oil on the seafloor is heavily influenced by sediment/texture/composition and sedimentary processes/accumulation rates. The objective of this chapter is to provide a baseline of Gulf of Mexico sediment types and transport/depositional processes to help guide managers where oiled sediments may be expected to be deposited and potentially accumulate on the seafloor in the event of a future oil spill. Based solely on sediments/processes/accumulation rates, regions most vulnerable to oil deposition/accumulation include the deep eastern basin, followed by the western/southwestern basin, and north and west continental margins. The least vulnerable regions include the northwest Cuban shelf and the carbonate-dominated west Florida shelf and Campeche Bank. This is intended to be used as a general, “first cut” tool and does not consider local variations in sediments/processes.
UR - https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/449
UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12963-7_5
U2 - Sediments, Geochronology, Sedimentary processes
DO - Sediments, Geochronology, Sedimentary processes
M3 - Chapter
BT - Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills Fighting the Next War
ER -