Fate of Spilled Oil in the Gulf of Mexico and the Canadian Arctic

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dc.contributor.advisorOldenburg, Thomas B. P.
dc.contributor.advisorLarter, Stephen R.
dc.contributor.authorWeleschuk, Damien
dc.contributor.committeememberSnowdon, L. R.
dc.contributor.committeememberVentura, Gregory Todd
dc.date2020-11
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-18T17:25:05Z
dc.date.available2020-09-18T17:25:05Z
dc.date.issued2020-09-17
dc.description.abstractUnderstanding how spilled oil biodegrades and weathers is important for oil spill remediation. The conditions of the environment in which the spilled oil was deposited is one of the most important controls of the remediation processes of oil. In this study two different oil contaminated environments were investigated. First, 112 seafloor samples were examined from northern Gulf of Mexico to evaluate deposition of oil contaminants and thus, long-term effects following the Deepwater Horizon spill. The second study included beach sediments from the Baffin Island Oil Spill (1980; Canadian Arctic). Apart from the extreme environmental differences, the residence time of the deposited oil is also different, with the GoM sediments being collected up to 4 years after the spill, whereas the Arctic site was sampled 39 years after being contaminated. Despite the shorter remediation time the GoM oil is more altered than the oil from the intertidal zone of the Arctic.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWeleschuk, D. (2020). Fate of Spilled Oil in the Gulf of Mexico and the Canadian Arctic (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/38216
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/112551
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyScienceen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectbiodegradationen_US
dc.subjectArcticen_US
dc.subjectGulf of Mexicoen_US
dc.subjectDeepwater Horizionen_US
dc.subjectBaffin Island Oil Spill (BIOS)en_US
dc.subjectGas chromatography–mass spectrometryen_US
dc.subjectFourier-transform ion cyclotron resonanceen_US
dc.subjectoil spillen_US
dc.subject.classificationGeochemistryen_US
dc.subject.classificationGeologyen_US
dc.titleFate of Spilled Oil in the Gulf of Mexico and the Canadian Arcticen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineGeoscienceen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)en_US
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrueen_US
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