Abstract
This dataset consists of Pb-210 activity measurements from sediment cores taken throughout the northern Gulf of Mexico with relation to the Deepwater Horizon. Short-lived radioisotope measurements and geochronological model calculations follow those presented in Brooks GR, et al. (2015) Sedimentation Pulse in the NE Gulf of Mexico following the 2010 DWH Blowout. PLoS ONE 10(7): e0132341. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0132341. Samples were analyzed by gamma spectrometry on Canberra HPGe (High-Purity Germanium) Coaxial Planar Photon Detectors for total 210Pb (46.5Kev), 214Pb (295 Kev and 351 Kev), and 214Bi (609Kev) activities. Data were corrected for counting time and detector efficiency, as well as for the fraction of the total radioisotope measured yielding activity in dpm g-1 (disintegrations per minute per gram).
Purpose
This dataset was developed to determine the Pb-210 activity from 1900-2013 as a sedimentary tracer of Marine Oil Snow Sedimentation and Flocculent Accumulation (MOSSFA) related to subsurface petroleum releases in the Gulf of Mexico. It was also created to determine the spatial extent of MOSSFA processes in the northern Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon event.
Keywords
sediment, lead-210, flux, MOSSFA
UDI
R4.x267.000:0016
Date
7-18-2017 12:00 AM
Point of Contact
Schwing, Patrick
University of South Florida
College of Marine Science
140 7th Ave South
St. Petersburg , FL 33701
USA
pschwing@mail.usf.edu
Funding Source
RFP-IV
Start of Data Collection
1-11-2010
End of Data Collection
8-31-2013
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7266/N73N21FW
Rights Information
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication 1.0 License.
Scholar Commons Citation
Schwing, Patrick, "Northern Gulf of Mexico Pb-210 Inventories, 2010-2013" (2017). C-IMAGE data. 25.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cimage_data/25
Comments
Data and metadata is made available by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC) through a CC0 license in compliance with the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI). The original dataset landing pages may be accessed at GRIIDC’s dataset monitoring webpage.
Data users are encouraged to contact the originating investigator prior to data use and provide appropriate credit.