Marine Science Faculty Publications
Geochemical and Faunal Characterization in the Sediments off the Cuban North and Northwest Coast
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
7-2019
Keywords
Baseline, Sediments, Geochemistry, Mollusk, Meiofauna, Foraminifera, Cuba
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12963-7_9
Abstract
This chapter provides a summary of the scientific knowledge about sediments and fauna in the margin of northwest Cuban shelf. Little scientific information is publicly available, and so much of what is discussed here is the result of the scientific expedition to the region in May 2017 on board the R/V Weatherbird II as part of the GoMRI consortium, C-IMAGE (see Foreword, this book). The goal was to set broad environmental baselines against which to evaluate the impacts of any potential future oil spill or other disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). The chapter is organized in three parts: (1) overview of the geographical setting of Cuban margin of GoM; (2) sediment characterization including texture, composition, and geochronology of sediment cores; and (3) characterization of key bioindicators of oil impact: mollusks, meiofauna, and foraminifera.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Geochemical and Faunal Characterization in the Sediments off the Cuban North and Northwest Coast, in S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M, Schlüter & D. L. Wetzel (Eds.), Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills: Fighting the Next War, Springer, p. 147-159
Scholar Commons Citation
Armenteros, Maickel; Schwing, Patrick; Larson, Rebekka; Martínez-Suárez, Adrian; Fernández-Garcés, Raúl; Hollander, David; and Brooks, Gregg, "Geochemical and Faunal Characterization in the Sediments off the Cuban North and Northwest Coast" (2019). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 452.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/452
