Abstract
This dataset consists of hydrocarbon measurements in sediment cores collected aboard R/V Justo Sierra cruise JS-0815 in the southern Gulf of Mexico from 2015-07-31 to 2015-08-08. The dataset contains the date, location and depth where the sediment cores were collected and the concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs) and biomarkers (hopanes, steranes, alkanes) analyzed at 5 mm intervals. The measurements were done following the method outlined in Romero et al., 2015 and using GC/MS/MS/MRM (gas chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry, operated in multiple reaction monitoring mode) on an Agilent 7680B gas chromatograph coupled with an Agilent 7010 triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. Cruise documentation was provided for the R/V Justo Sierra cruise JS-0815. The cruise was led by chief scientists Dr. Patrick Schwing and Dr. David Hollander.
Purpose
The goal of this cruise was to characterize the distribution and fate of oiled sediment at sites on the continental shelf and slope of the Southern Gulf of Mexico with reference to the Ixtoc blowout (1979-1980).
Keywords
Hydrocarbons, organic chemistry, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, multiple reaction monitoring mode, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs), biomarkers, sediment cores, multi-corer
UDI
R4.x267.179:0024
Date
3-19-2019 12:00 AM
Point of Contact
Romero, Isabel
University of South Florida
College of Marine Science
140 7th Ave South
St. Petersburg , FL 33701
USA
isabelromero@mail.usf.edu
Funding Source
RFP-IV
Start of Data Collection
7-31-2015
End of Data Collection
8-8-2015
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7266/n7-ynsd-gk73
Rights Information
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication 1.0 License.
Scholar Commons Citation
Romero, Isabel C., "Hydrocarbon concentration data from sediment cores collected aboard R/V Justo Sierra cruise JS-0815 in the southern Gulf of Mexico from 2015-07-31 to 2015-08-08" (2019). C-IMAGE data. 43.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cimage_data/43
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.