HI53B:
Research Findings and Challenges in Oil Spill Organic Geochemistry Studies I


Session ID#: 9608

Session Description:
Since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DwH) oil spill, more than 40 oil spills have occurred throughout the world, releasing 39,000 - 260,000 tons of crude oil. Most spills occurred on the surface but deepwater spills, such as DwH, are also important research topics. Besides, the importance of released petroleum from marine natural seeps is increasingly recognized. Researchers around the world from academics, government, and industry have conducted remarkable studies to better understand various oil weathering processes and spatial distribution of residual oil in soils, sediments and marshland. The proposed session will provide an opportunity to present novel organic geochemical approaches, report current research findings, and promote ideas for collaboration with other research areas. Contributions dealing with subjects such as, but not limited to, the fate of hydrocarbons in the ocean and on coastlines (e.g., incorporating in the food web and accumulating in sediments), oil degradation processes (e.g., biodegradation, photodegradation, and formation of oxygenated weathering products), differences between spilled and seeped oil, and the application of novel analytical methods are encouraged. Both oral and poster presentations will be accepted.
Primary Chair:  Beizhan Yan, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States
Chairs:  Christoph Aeppli, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME, United States and Edward B Overton, Louisiana State University, Environmental Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Moderators:  Beizhan Yan, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, Edward B Overton, Louisiana State University, Environmental Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States and Christoph Aeppli, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison:  Christoph Aeppli, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME, United States
Index Terms:

4217 Coastal processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4251 Marine pollution [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4825 Geochemistry [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
4850 Marine organic chemistry [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • ME - Marine Ecosystems

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

HI53B-01
Weathering Patterns of Forensic Biomarker Compounds and PAHs in Coastal Marsh Sediment Samples since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (90410)
Edward B Overton1, Buffy Meyer1, Scott Miles1, Greg Olson1 and Puspa Lal Adhikari2, (1)Louisiana State University, Environmental Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (2)Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
HI53B-02
Persistent Alaska North Slope crude oil: a quarter century of weathering (92622)
Mark G Carls1, Larry Holland1, Gail V Irvine2, Daniel H Mann3 and Mandy Lindeberg4, (1)NOAA, NMFS / AFSC, Juneau, AK, United States, (2)USGS Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK, United States, (3)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geosciences Department, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (4)NOAA NMFS, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Juneau, AK, United States
HI53B-03
Using Ramped Pyrolysis – Gas Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry to Evaluate Petroleum Hydrocarbons Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (87900)
Meredith Evans1, Brad E Rosenheim2, Hernando Pactao Bacosa3, Jiqing Liu1 and Zhanfei Liu1, (1)The University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, TX, United States, (2)University of South Florida St. Petersburg, College of Marine Science, St Petersburg, FL, United States, (3)Texas A&M University Galveston campus, Marine Biology, Port Aransas, TX, United States
HI53B-04
Oil Oxidative Transformation Products Revealed by Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry (88909)
Ryan P Rodgers1, David C Podgorski2, Phoebe Zito Ray1, Amy M McKenna1, Huan Chen3, Amy C Clingenpeel1 and Steven M Rowland3, (1)National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, FT-ICR MS Facility, Tallahassee, FL, United States, (2)University of New Orleans, Department of Chemistry, New Orleans, LA, United States, (3)National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, FL, United States
HI53B-05
New metabolic insights into the microbial degradation of seawater-soluble crude oil components (87932)
Yina Liu1,2, Elizabeth B Kujawinski3, Helen K White4, Rachel Simister5, Shelby Lyons5 and David Waite6, (1)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (2)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Teaticket, MA, United States, (3)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (4)Haverford College, Department of Chemistry, Haverford, PA, United States, (5)Haverford College, Department of Chemistry, Haverford, PA, (6)University of Auckland, School of Biological Sciences, New Zealand
HI53B-06
Not all oils photodegrade equally: The dependence of petroleum composition on photochemical production of hydroxyl radical and singlet oxygen. (90598)
Phoebe Zito Ray1, Matthew A Tarr2 and David C Podgorski2, (1)National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, FT-ICR MS Facility, Tallahassee, FL, United States, (2)University of New Orleans, Department of Chemistry, New Orleans, LA, United States
HI53B-07
Tracking Macondo Oil in the Marsh: Sampling directly via sediment and indirectly via ants (91552)
Linda Marie Hooper-Bui, Louisiana State University, Environmental Sciences, Baton Rouge, United States and Edward B Overton, Louisiana State University, Environmental Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
HI53B-08
Carbon Composition of Particulate Organic Carbon in the Gulf of Mexico (89046)
Kelsey Rogers1, Joseph Peter Montoya2, Sarah C. Weber2, Samantha Bosman3 and Jeff Chanton1, (1)Florida State University, Dept. of Earth, Ocean, & Atmospheric Science, Tallahassee, FL, United States, (2)Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, GA, United States, (3)Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States
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