The West Falmouth Oil Spill: sim100 Kg of Oil Found to Persist Decades Later

Authors: Peacock, Emily1; Nelson, Robert1; Solow, Andrew1; Warren, Joseph2; Baker, Jessica3; Reddy, Christopher1

Source: Environmental Forensics, Volume 6, Number 3, September 2005 , pp. 273-281(9)

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd

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Abstract:

In order to investigate the long-term fate of petroleum hydrocarbons in salt marsh sediments in Wild Harbor (West Falmouth, MA) impacted by the Florida spill of 1969, 26 sediment cores were collected and analyzed for total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH). The results from this effort indicate that the distribution of petroleum hydrocarbons is spatially heterogeneous, oil compounds are generally located at sediment depths of 4 to 20 cm in areas closest to the banks of the marsh, and sim 100 kg of petroleum residues can be found to persist in intertidal sediments that were originally the most impacted.

Keywords: Florida spill; West Falmouth; No. 2 fuel oil; petroleum hydrocarbons; sediments

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/15275920500194480

Affiliations: 1: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA 2: Southampton College, Long Island University, Southampton, NY, USA 3: GeoNet Systems, Bournedale, MA, USA

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