Case Study
Oxygen Dynamics around Buried Tar Balls in Florida Marine Sands
Oxygen Dynamics around Buried Tar Balls in Florida Marine Sands A laboratory flume study testing the VisiSens oxygen imaging system Markus Huettel, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, FL, USA After the Deepwater Horizon accident in 2011, crude oil in unknown amounts was embedded in sandy shelf and shore sediments of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Oxygen is a key factor for microbial oil deg