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Funding Source: Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)

Project Publications & Presentations

Resuspension, Redistribution and Deposition of Deep Water Horizon (DwH) Recalcitrant Hydrocarbons to offshore Depocenters

Journal Articles - 8

2021

Diercks, A. R., Romero, I. C., Larson, R. A., Schwing, P., Harris, A., Bosman, S., et al. (2021). Resuspension, Redistribution and Deposition of oil-residues to offshore Depocenters after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Front. Mar. Sci., 8, E630183.
McKinney, L., Shepherd, J., Wilson, C., Hogarth, W., Chanton, J., Murawski, S., et al. (2021). The Gulf of Mexico: An Overview. Oceanog, 34(1), 30–43.
Romero, I., Chanton, J., Brooks, G. R., Bosman, S., Larson, R. A., Harris, A., et al. (2021). Molecular markers of biogenic and oil-derived hydrocarbons in deep-sea sediments following the Deepwater Horizon spill. Front. Mar. Sci., 8, E637970.

2020

Bosman, S. H., Schwing, P. T., Larson, R. A., Wildermann, N. E., Brooks, G. R., Romero, I. C., et al. (2020). The southern Gulf of Mexico: A baseline radiocarbon isoscape of surface sediments and isotopic excursions at depth. PLoS ONE, 15(4), e0231678.
Johansen, C., Macelloni, L., Natter, M., Silva, M., Woosley, M., Woolsey, A., et al. (2020). Hydrocarbon migration pathway and methane budget for a Gulf of Mexico natural seep site: Green Canyon 600. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 545, 116411.

2019

Diercks, A. - R., Macelloni, L., D'Emidio, M., Lucker, S., Woolsey, A., & Woolsey, M. U. (2019). High-resolution seismo-acoustic characterization of Green Canyon 600, a perennial hydrocarbon seep in Gulf of Mexico deep water. Mar Geophys Res, 40(3), 357–370.
Diercks, A., Ziervogel, K., Sibert, R., Joye, S. B., Asper, V., & Montoya, J. P. (2019). Vertical marine snow distribution in the stratified, hypersaline, and anoxic Orca Basin (Gulf of Mexico). Elem Sci Anth, 7(1), 10.
Rogers, K. L., Bosman, S. H., Lardie-Gaylord, M., McNichol, A., Rosenheim, B. E., Montoya, J. P., et al. (2019). Petrocarbon evolution: Ramped pyrolysis/oxidation and isotopic studies of contaminated oil sediments from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. PLoS ONE, 14(2), e0212433.

Book Chapters - 6

2019

Brooks, G. R., Larson, R., Schwing, P., Diercks, A., Armenteros, M., Diaz-Asencio, M., et al. (2019). Gulf of Mexico (GoM) bottom sediments and depositional processes: A baseline for future oil spills. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills: Fighting the Next War (pp. 75–95). Springer International.
Chanton, J. P., Jaggi, A., Radovic, J. R., Rosenheim, B., Walker, B. D., Larter, S. R., et al. (2019). Mapping isotopic and dissolved organic matter baselines in waters and sediments of Gulf of Mexico. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills: Fighting the Next War (pp. 160–181). Springer International.
Larson, R. A., Brooks, G. R., Schwing, P. T., Diercks, A. R., Holmes, C. W., Chanton, J., et al. (2019). Characterization of the Sedimentation Associated with the Deepwater Horizon Blowout: Depositional Pulse, Initial Response, and Stabilization. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Deep Oil Spills – Facts, Fate, and Effects (pp. 235–252). Springer International.
Perlin, N., Paris, C. B., Berenshtein, I., Vaz, A. C., Faillettaz, R., Aman, Z. M., et al. (2019). Far-Field Modeling of a Deep-Sea Blowout: Sensitivity Studies of Initial Conditions, Biodegradation, Sedimentation, and Subsurface Dispersant Injection on Surface Slicks and Oil Plume Concentrations. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Deep Oil Spills – Facts, Fate, and Effects (pp. 170–192). Springer International.
Radovic, J., Romero, I. C., Oldenburg, T. B. P., Larter, S., & Tunnell, J. W. (2019). 40 Years of Weathering of Coastal Oil Residues in the Southern Gulf of Mexico. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Deep Oil Spills – Facts, Fate, and Effects (pp. 328–340). Springer International.
Romero, I. G., Chanton, J., Rosenheim, B., Radovic, J. R., Schwing, P., Hollander, D., et al. (2019). Long-Term Preservation of Oil Spill Events in Sediments: The Case for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Deep Oil Spills – Facts, Fate, and Effects (pp. 285–300). Springer International.

Conference Presentations - 30

2020

Bosman, S., Passow, U., Sweet, J., Diercks, A., Magen, C., & Chanton, J. (2020). Sinking POC from Sediment Traps in the Northern Gulf: The Rest of the Story. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.
Brooks, G. R., Larson, R. A., Schwing, P. T., Diercks, A., Romero, I., Chanton, J., et al. (2020). Oil Spill Impacts to Seafloor Sediments on Monthly to Decadal Time Scales. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Chanton, J., Diercks, A., MacDonald, I., Brooks, G., Larson, R., Silva, M., et al. (2020). Pleistocene Aged Terrestrial Sediments in the Northeast Gulf of Mexico at 1,800-3,000 Meters Water Depth. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Diercks, A., & Blancher, J. (2020). Diurnal Periodicity in Particle Flux in the Gulf of Mexico, Estimates from Flux Camera observed Particle Data. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20: Poster.
Diercks, A. R., Harris, A., Doiron, N., Chanton, J. P., Bosman, S., Brooks, G., et al. (2020). Resuspension and Redistribution of Sediments in the Deep Gulf of Mexico-A Laboratory Sed-Flume Study. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Doiron, N., & Diercks, A. (2020). Observed Changes in Particle Abundance Driven by Changes in the Diel Thermocline. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20: Poster.
Doiron, N., & Diercks, A. - R. (2020). Observed Changes in Particle Abundance Driven by Variations in the Diel Thermocline. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Harris, A., & Diercks, A. (2020). Grain Size Analysis of Resuspended Deep Gulf of Mexico Sediments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.
Harris, A., & Diercks, A. (2020). Sedflume Analysis of the Resuspension of Deep Gulf of Mexico Sediments. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20: Poster.
Larson, R. A., Brooks, G. R., Schwing, P. T., Diaz-Ascencio, M., Diercks, A., Chanton, J., et al. (2020). Short-Term Sedimentary Processes Using Short-Term Sedimentary Processes Using 234Thxs: Detecting Events and Developing New Baselines 234Thxs: Detecting events and developing new baselines. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Larson, R. A., Brooks, G. R., Schwing, P. T., Diercks, A., Chanton, J., Romero, I., et al. (2020). Sedimentary Processes on Monthly to Decadal Time Scales: Applications for MOSSFA. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Romero I.C., Chanton, J., Brooks, G., Bosman, S., Larson, R. A., & Diercks, A. - R. (2020). Deepwater Horizon oil-residues as tracers of subsurface transport, partitioning, and fate of toxic compounds in the Gulf of Mexico. In Goldschmidt Virtual Conference 2020. Honolulu, HI (Virtual) : 06/22/20 - 06/26/20.
Romero, I., Diercks, A., Hollander, D., Mckenna, A., Brooks, G., Schwing, P., et al. (2020). The Chemical Legacy of Oil Spills in the Gulf of Mexico: Lessons Learned From Organic Geochemical Analyses of Sediment Samples. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.
Romero, I., Diercks, A., & Schwing, P. (2020). The deep Gulf of Mexico: Knowns and unknowns after the Deepwater Horizon spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Session.
Romero, I. C., Chanton, J., Brooks, G., Bosman, S., Larson, R. A., & Diercks, A. (2020). The fate and distribution of oil residues in deep-sea sediments resulting from the sinking of marine snow in the northern Gulf of Mexico. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20: Poster.
Romero, I. C., Diercks, A., Hollander, D., Mckenna, A., Chanton, J., Brooks, G. R., et al. (2020). The Chemical Legacy of Oil Spills in the Gulf of Mexico: Lessons Learned from Organic Geochemical Analyses of Sediment Samples. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.

2019

Bosman, S. H., Rogers, K. L., Zhao, T., Rosenheim, B., Montoya, J. P., Hollander, D., et al. (2019). Mapping spatial and temporal variation of seafloor organic matter D14C and d13C in the Northern Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon Event. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Brooks, G. R., Larson, R. A., Diercks, A., Chanton, J., Romero, I., Schwing, P., et al. (2019). REDIRECT: Evidence for Recent Gravity Flow Deposition Down-slope of DWH: Re-sedimentation of MOSSFA? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Brooks, G. R., Larson, R. A., Schwing, P. S., Diercks, A., Romero, I., Chanton, J., et al. (2019). “Predicting Oil Spill Impacts to the Seafloor on Different Time Scales”. In Reunion Anual de la Union Geofisica Mexicana (RAUGM 2019). Puerto Vallarta, Mexico : 10/27/19-11/01/19.
Chanton, J. P., Rogers, K. L., Bosman, S. H., Montoya, J. P., Diercks, A. R., Giering, S., et al. (2019). The relative importance of submarine seepage to carbon pools of the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Diercks, A. R., Siebert, R., Ziervogel, K., Joye, S., & Montoya, J. (2019). First complete Profile of Marine Snow Abundance in the Orca Basin -- Sea Surface to Seafloor. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Larson, R., Brooks, G., Schwing, P., Diaz-Asencio, M., Diercks, A., Chanton, J., et al. (2019). High-Resolution Sediment Studies Using 234Thxs: For Detecting Oil Spill Impacts and Developing New Baselines. In Reunion Anual de la Union Geofisica Mexicana (RAUGM 2019). Puerto Vallarta, Mexico : 10/27/19-11/01/19.
Larson, R., Brooks, G. R., Schwing, P., Holmes, C., Begin, C., Browning, T., et al. (2019). Detection of Short-Term Sedimentation Using Radioisotopes: From the Coast to the Deep Sea. In ASLO 2019 Aquatic Sciences Meeting. San Juan, Puerto Rico : 02/23/19-03/02/19.
Larson, R. A., Brooks, G. R., Diercks, A., Chanton, J., Romero, I., Bosman, S., et al. (2019). REDIRECT: Spatial and Temporal Sedimentation Patterns in the NEGoM: Short-lived Radioisotope Records of Sediment Focusing and Downslope Transport of MOSSFA. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Romero, I. C., Sutton, T., Diercks, A., Patterson, W., Hollander, D. J., Chanton, J., et al. (2019). El legado quimico de los derrames de petroleo en el Golfo de Mexico: lecciones aprendidas de los analisis de muestras biologicas y de sedimentos. In Reunion Anual de la Union Geofisica Mexicana (RAUGM 2019). Puerto Vallarta, Mexico : 10/27/19-11/01/19.

2018

Carter, S., Larson, R., Schwing, P., Holmes, C., Yang, K., & Brooks, G. (2018). Sedimentary Signatures of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Event: A Time Series Analysis. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Diercks, A. R., Asper, V. L., DiMarco, S. F., Chanton, J. P., & Passow, U. (2018). Scales of Resuspension in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Diercks, A. R., Brooks, G., Chanton, J. P., & Romero, I. (2018). Resuspension, Redistribution, and Deposition of Deep Water Horizon Recalcitrant Hydrocarbons to offshore Depocenters. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Larson, R., Brooks, G., Schwing, P., Carter, S., Yang, K., & Hollander, D. (2018). High-Resolution Sedimentary Record of the DwH Event: Impacts and Recovery. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Schwing, P., Brooks, G., Larson, R., Sanchez-Cabeza, J., Ruiz-Fernandez, A., & Diaz-Ascencio, M. (2018). Establishing gulf-wide baselines and the spatial extent of marine oil snow sedimentation and flocculent accumulation (MOSSFA) from contemporary and past oil spills using 210Pb. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org