The West Falmouth oil spill: ∼100 kg of oil found to persist decades later

Emily E. Peacock; Robert K. Nelson; Andrew R. Solow; Joseph D. Warren; Jessica L. Baker; Christopher M. Reddy

doi:10.1080/15275920500194480

The West Falmouth oil spill: ∼100 kg of oil found to persist decades later

Emily E. Peacock
, Robert K. Nelson
, Andrew R. Solow
, Joseph D. Warren
, Jessica L. Baker
, Christopher M. Reddy

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Abstract

In order to investigate the long-term fate of petroleum hydrocarbons in salt marsh sediments in Wild Harbor (West Falmouth, MA) impacted by the Florida spill of 1969, 26 sediment cores were collected and analyzed for total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH). The results from this effort indicate that the distribution of petroleum hydrocarbons is spatially heterogeneous, oil compounds are generally located at sediment depths of 4 to 20 cm in areas closest to the banks of the marsh, and ~100 kg of petroleum residues can be found to persist in intertidal sediments that were originally the most impacted.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	273-281
Number of pages	9
Journal	Environmental Forensics
Volume	6
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15275920500194480
State	Published - Sep 2005

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Florida spill
No. 2 fuel oil
Petroleum hydrocarbons
Sediments
West Falmouth

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The West Falmouth oil spill: ∼100 kg of oil found to persist decades later

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