Santa Maria Basin Environmental Monitoring Data from 1986-1987
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Description
From October 1986 to March 1987, this dataset was collected for the Phase II Outer Continental Shelf Monitoring Program in the Santa Maria Basin, California. It contains physical, chemical, and biological data analyzed to determine the impact of oil and gas drilling and production. The data, submitted by Dr. Hyland and Dr. Lissner, includes measurements of temperature, salinity, hydrocarbons, trace metals, radioisotopes, sediment grain size, and water quality.
Use Cases
Modeling hydrocarbon dispersion based on sediment and pore water sample data.
Analyzing benthic community impacts based on hard-bottom epifaunal and infaunal data.
Assessing sediment contamination based on trace metal concentrations (Ag, As, Ba, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, V, Zn).
Studying sediment chronology based on radioisotope activity data (Pb-210, Th-228, Th-230, Th-232, Th-234).
Evaluating water column conditions based on bottle cast data for dissolved oxygen, nutrients, and salinity.
Strengths
Data spans multiple environmental compartments: water column, sediments, and biological tissue.
Includes analysis of 19 distinct data files covering a wide range of parameters from hydrocarbons to radioisotopes.
Collected as part of a structured monitoring program with a defined objective to assess drilling impacts.
Limitations
Last updated 1986-12-31 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
Source
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), originating from Battelle Ocean Science and SAIC researchers.
Collection Method
Field sampling using CTD, bottle casts, box cores, ROV photography, and subsequent laboratory analysis.
Time Range
1986-10-21 to 1987-03-08
Freshness
Historical data from a specific 1986-1987 collection period.
Geography
Santa Maria Basin, California, Outer Continental Shelf.
Data was originally submitted on tape and migrated to current storage media; compatibility with modern systems should be verified.