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Salinity, temperature, oxygen, sediment characterization, hydrocarbon characterization, heavy metal contaminant concentration, total organic carbon, porewater chemistry, and infaunal taxonomic identifications and counts collected during the Gulf of Mexico Comprehensive Synthetic Based Muds Monitoring Program between July 29, 2000 and May 20, 2002 (NCEI Accession 0069470)

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The objective of this study was to assess the fate and physical, chemical, and biological effects of synthetic based drilling mud cuttings discharged from offshore platforms on the benthic environment of the Gulf of Mexico continental shelf and slope.
  • Cite as: Lagera, Luis; CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (2010). Salinity, temperature, oxygen, sediment characterization, hydrocarbon characterization, heavy metal contaminant concentration, total organic carbon, porewater chemistry, and infaunal taxonomic identifications and counts collected during the Gulf of Mexico Comprehensive Synthetic Based Muds Monitoring Program between July 29, 2000 and May 20, 2002 (NCEI Accession 0069470). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0069470. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 2000-07-29 to 2002-05-20
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -92.009843
East: -87.882138
South: 27.82604
North: 29.293496
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Publication Dates
  • publication: 2010-12-20
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Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency As needed
Purpose The offshore oil and gas industry uses synthetic based drilling muds (SBMs), which have carrier fluid made of synthetic materials that are designed to be less toxic and degrade faster in marine sediments than oil based drilling muds. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) recognized SBMs as a new class of drilling muds, and as part of the USEPA Region 6 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permit, operators have elected to participate in a joint industry seabed survey. The Gulf of Mexico Comprehensive Synthetic Based Muds Monitoring Program was sponsored by the SBM Research Group (composed of offshore operators and mud companies), the U.S. Department of Energy, and the Minerals Management Service.
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Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Lagera, Luis; CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (2010). Salinity, temperature, oxygen, sediment characterization, hydrocarbon characterization, heavy metal contaminant concentration, total organic carbon, porewater chemistry, and infaunal taxonomic identifications and counts collected during the Gulf of Mexico Comprehensive Synthetic Based Muds Monitoring Program between July 29, 2000 and May 20, 2002 (NCEI Accession 0069470). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0069470. Accessed [date].
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  • oceanography
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  • Cite as: Lagera, Luis; CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (2010). Salinity, temperature, oxygen, sediment characterization, hydrocarbon characterization, heavy metal contaminant concentration, total organic carbon, porewater chemistry, and infaunal taxonomic identifications and counts collected during the Gulf of Mexico Comprehensive Synthetic Based Muds Monitoring Program between July 29, 2000 and May 20, 2002 (NCEI Accession 0069470). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0069470. Accessed [date].
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  • 2010-12-20T15:57:56Z - NCEI Accession 0069470 v1.1 was published.
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Processing Steps
  • 2015-04-22T00:00:00 - NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.
Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument
  • CTD
  • sediment sampler - corer
  • sediment sieve
  • thermometer
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  • J. W. POWELL
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