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

2010年4月20日，英国石油公司（BP）墨西哥湾深水地平线号（Deepwater Horizon）漏油事件发生，并持续泄漏，使此次漏油事件成为美国历史上最严重的漏油事件，给大面积的海洋和沿海环境造成了高度预期的人为灾难。石油正在墨西哥湾向北扩散，很可能会向佛罗里达州和阿拉巴马州的海滩扩散，几乎肯定会沿着墨西哥湾沿岸的一些地区登陆。石油的小范围和大范围的区域性影响？S与动态沙滩环境的相互作用尚不清楚。拟议的研究将在“登陆”前后立即通过密集的现场数据收集来调查和量化海滩与石油的相互作用。油。拟议的研究将通过一系列密集的实地数据收集来完成，主要集中在沉积学方面。预计各政府环境部门将绘制出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系的海岸研究实验室（USF-CRL）除了在区域范围内的影响外，还可以提供有关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.