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Dataset for: Biodegradation of subsurface oil in a tidally influenced sand beach: Impact of hydraulics and interaction with pore water chemistry

Authors: Xiaolong Geng; Michel C Boufadel; Kenneth Lee; Stewart Abrams; Makram Suidan
Published On: Jan 23 2017 14:52 UTC
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7266/N7RJ4GHS
UDI: R4.x265.000:0011
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Project Information

Funded By:
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative

Funding Cycle:
RFP-IV

Research Group:
Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment II (CARTHE II)

Point of Contact

Michel Boufadel
New Jersey Institute of Technology / Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
michel.boufadel@njit.edu

Data Collection Period
2010-12-19
to
2011-07-19
Theme keywords

Numerical simulations, Coastal beaches, Tides, BIOMARUN

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Abstract:

Oil biodegradation and beach hydrodynamics were investigated in a Gulf beach located in Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama. Groundwater table, tide level, pore-water nitrogen, dissolved oxygen and salinity were measured in the field. A numerical model, BIOMARUN, was developed to simulate the biodegradation of low solubility hydrocarbon and transport processes of associated solute species in a tidally influence beach environment. The dataset includes the measurements along with simulation results such as residual oil concentration, groundwater table, tide level and pore-water nitrogen, dissolved oxygen and salinity at different location and depth of the studied beach. These data have been used to generate figures in Geng, X., Boufadel, M.C., Lee K., Abrams S., and Suidan M., 2015. Biodegradation of subsurface oil in a tidally influenced sand beach: Impact of hydraulics and interaction with pore water chemistry. Water Resources Research, 51(5): 3193–3218.

Suggested Citation:

Xiaolong Geng; Michel C Boufadel; Kenneth Lee; Stewart Abrams; Makram Suidan. 2017. Dataset for: Biodegradation of subsurface oil in a tidally influenced sand beach: Impact of hydraulics and interaction with pore water chemistry. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7RJ4GHS

Publications:

Geng, X., Boufadel, M. C., Lee, K., Abrams, S., & Suidan, M. (2015). Biodegradation of subsurface oil in a tidally influenced sand beach: Impact of hydraulics and interaction with pore water chemistry. Water Resources Research, 51(5), 3193–3218. doi:10.1002/2014wr016870

Purpose:

The purpose is to better understand how subsurface oil is biodegraded in coastal beaches.

Data Parameters and Units:

Distance across the shoreline (X, m), Elevation (Y, m), Water head (H, m), Pressure (P, m), Concentration (C, g/L), Nitrogen (N, mg/L), Oxygen (O, mg/L), Biomass (B0, mg/L), Alkanes (mg/kg sediment), PAH (mg/kg sediment), Moisture ratio (M, unitless), Darcy flux in x direction (dx, m/h), Darcy flux in y direction (m/h), Discharge (m^2), Recharge (m^2), Time (hr or day), Flow rate (m^2/day), Biomass1 (mg/kg), Biomass2 (mg/kg)

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