Abstract:

This dataset contains water column measurements made onboard the R/V Endeavor and R/V Weatherbird in May 2012 including temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, methane concentrations, del13C, and 14C of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC).

Suggested Citation:

Chanton, Jeff and Schwing, Patrick. 2017. Cruises R/V Endeavor (EN505) and R/V Weatherbird II (WB1205) Gulf of Mexico Water Chemistry (Spring 2012). Distributed by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7HH6H32

Publications:

Schwing, P. T., Chanton, J. P., Romero, I. C., Hollander, D. J., Goddard, E. A., Brooks, G. R., & Larson, R. A. (2018). Tracing the incorporation of carbon into benthic foraminiferal calcite following the Deepwater Horizon event. Environmental Pollution, 237, 424–429. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2018.02.066

Romero, I. C., Chanton, J. P., Roseheim, B. E., Radović, J. R., Schwing, P. T., Hollander, D. J., … Oldenburg, T. B. P. (2019). Long-Term Preservation of Oil Spill Events in Sediments: The Case for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Deep Oil Spills, 285–300. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-11605-7_17

Purpose:

The collection of this data was in support of identifying the methane concentration and petrocarbon in the water column.

Data Parameters and Units:

DIC 14C May 2012: Column A - Sample #; Column B - Sample Identifier; Column C - Sample Descriptor (site name); Column D - Water Depth (m); Column E - YEAR OF COLLECTION (Date); Column F - amnt of CO2 (micromoles); Column G - ± (micromoles); Column H - CAMS # (External Sample Identifier); Column I - d13C (‰); Column J – fraction (‰); Column K - ± (‰); Column L - ∆14C (‰); Column M - ± (‰); Column N - 14C age (Years Before Present); Column O - ± (Years); EN505_WB1205_DICdata: Column A - Cruise; Column B - Station; Column C - Type; Column D – Date and Time (yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.sss); Column E - Longitude [degrees_east]; Column F - Latitude [degrees_north]; Column G - Depth [m]; Column H - Temperature [deg C]; Column I - Salinity [psu]; Column J - Sigma-Theta [kg/m^3]; Column K - Oxygen [umol/kg]; Column L - CH4 [nmol/l]; Column M - d13C-DIC [‰]; Column N - pH; Column O - DIC [umol/kg]; Station Locations [Station, Longitude, Latitude]: AC5, -87.58334, 28.9415; DS1, -87.0617, 29.205; DS2.0, -86.66467, 30.167; DS3.0 - deep cast, -88.26752, 28.82383; DS3.0 - shallow cast, -88.26965, 28.824; DS3.6, -87.73535, 29.23267; DS4.0 - deep cast, -87.75, 29.18383; DS4.0 - shallow cast, -87.74866, 29.18383; GC600, -90.54471, 27.3653; GC600-control, -90.54849, 27.4128; VK906, -88.37201, 29.06467;

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