Abstract

This dataset consists of benthic and planktic foraminiferal carbon isotope (C-13, C-14) measurements from sediment cores taken throughout the northern Gulf of Mexico with relation to the Deepwater Horizon. Stable isotope measurements were performed on Cibicidoides spp., Uvigerina spp. and Globigerinoides ruber (white).

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.

Purpose

This dataset was developed to determine the impact and recovery of benthic infauna and epifauna related to subsurface petroleum releases in the Gulf of Mexico. It was also created to determine the amount of Deepwater Horizon and Ixtoc petroleum incorporated in to foraminiferal calcite.

Keywords

Foraminifera, carbon isotopes, benthic, planktic

UDI

R4.x267.179:0025

Date

9-25-2017 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

2-6-2015

End of Data Collection

7-29-2015

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7266/N7S180HN

Rights Information

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication 1.0 License.

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