RAPID: Emergency Field Investigation of Oil-Beach Interaction along the Alabama and Florida Beaches Following the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

快速：BP深水地平线漏油事件后阿拉巴马州和佛罗里达州海滩上的石油-海滩相互作用的紧急现场调查英国石油公司深水地平线漏油事件发生在2010年4月20日，并且仍在继续泄漏，这将成为美国历史上最严重的漏油事件，对大片海洋和沿海环境造成高度预期的人为灾难。石油正在墨西哥湾向北扩散，很可能向佛罗里达州和阿拉巴马州的海滩移动，几乎肯定会在墨西哥湾沿岸地区的部分地区登陆。S油与动态沙滩环境相互作用的小范围和大范围区域效应都是未知的。拟议中的研究将通过密集的现场数据收集，在登陆之前和之后立即调查和量化海滩与石油的相互作用。石油。拟议的研究将通过一系列密集的实地数据收集来完成，主要侧重于沉积学方面。预计各政府环境机构将绘制石油登陆的区域分布图。然而，与石油垂直混合到海滩沉积物中的过程可能没有很好的记录。南佛罗里达大学地质学系的海岸研究实验室(USF-CRL)处于有利地位，除了在区域范围内的影响外，还可以提供关于油滩相互作用的关键信息。

RAPID: Emergency Field Investigation of Oil-Beach Interaction along the Alabama and Florida Beaches Following the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil SpillPing Wang, University of South FloridaEAR-1041868ABSTRACTThe BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico occurred on April 20 2010 and continues to leak, putting this spill on track to become the worst oil spill in US history, imposing a highly anticipated anthropogenic disaster to a large area of marine and coastal environment. The oil is dispersing northward in the Gulf of Mexico, very likely heading toward the Florida and Alabama beaches, with almost a certain landfall along the some parts of the Gulf coast region. Both the small- and large-scale regional effects of the oil?s interaction with the dynamic sandy beach environment are unknown. The proposed study will investigate and quantify beach-oil interaction through intensive field data collection immediately before and after the ?landfall? of the oil. The proposed study will be accomplished through a series of intensive field data collection, focusing primarily on the sedimentological aspect. It is anticipated that regional distribution of the oil landfall will be mapped by various government environmental agencies. However, the processes associated with vertical mixing of the oil into the beach sediment may not be well documented. The Coastal Research Laboratory in the Department of Geology at the University of South Florida (USF-CRL) is well positioned to provide the crucial information on the oil-beach interaction, in addition to the effects at a regional scale.