Oil Spill Environmental Forensics Case Studies includes 34 chapters that serve to present various aspects of environmental forensics in relation to “real-world oil spill case studies from around the globe. Authors representing academic, government, and private researcher groups from 14 countries bring a diverse and global perspective to this volume.
Oil Spill Environmental Forensics Case Studies addresses releases of natural gas/methane, automotive gasoline and other petroleum fuels, lubricants, vegetable oils, paraffin waxes, bitumen, manufactured gas plant residues, urban runoff, and, of course, crude oil, the latter ranging from light Bakken shale oil to heavy Canadian oil sands oil. New challenges surrounding forensic investigations of stray gas in the shallow subsurface, volatiles in air, dissolved chemicals in water (including passive samplers), and biological tissues associated with oil spills are included, as are the effects and long-term oil weathering, long-term monitoring in urbanized and non-urbanized environments, fate and transport, forensic historical research, new analytical and chemical data processing and interpretation methods.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. List of Contributors - p. xi 6. Preface - p. xv 7. Chapter 1. Critical Review of an Interlaboratory Forensic Dataset: Effects on Data Interpretation in Oil Spill Studies - p. 1 8. Chapter 2. Fifty Years of Petroleum Geochemistry: A Valuable Asset in Oil Spill Environmental Forensics - p. 25 9. Chapter 3. Fingerprinting Analysis and Source Differentiation of Petroleum-Contaminated Environmental Samples - p. 49 10. Chapter 4. The Application of Isotope Geochemistry in Stray Gas Investigations: Case Studies - p. 67 11. Chapter 5. Forensic Aspects of Airborne Constituents Following Releases of Crude Oil Into the Environment - p. 87 12. Chapter 6. Combined Gas and Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry Applications for Forensic Lubricant and Vegetable Oil Spill Identification - p. 117 13. Chapter 7. Environmental Forensics Study of Crude Oil and Petroleum Product Spills in Coastal and Oilfield Settings: Combined Insights From Conventional GC–MS, Thermodesorption–GC–MS, and Pyrolysis–GC–MS - p. 131 14. Chapter 8. Paraffin Wax Spill Identification by GC–FID and GC–MS - p. 157 15. Chapter 9. Challenges and Mysteries in Oil Spill Fate and Transport Modeling - p. 187 16. Chapter 10. Unraveling the Complexities of Upland Spilled Fuels: Selected Case Studies - p. 201 17. Chapter 11. Advantages of Multidimensional Chemical Fingerprinting in Identifying the Source of Marine Oil Spills in Bohai Bay, China - p. 239 18. Chapter 12. Distinguishing Genetically-Similar Diesel Fuels in Taiwan Using Principal Component Analysis of Diagnostic Ratios - p. 255 19. Chapter 13. Application of CEN Methodology in Evaluating Sources of Multiple Land-Based Fuel Spills in Alberta, Canada - p. 271 20. Chapter 14. Development and Application of Phase-Specific Methods in Oiled-Water Forensic Studies - p. 289 21. Chapter 15. Applications of the CEN Methodology in Multiple Oil Spills in Spanish Waters - p. 325 22. Chapter 16. Fingerprinting of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Malaysia Using Environmental Forensic Techniques: A 20-Year Field Data Review - p. 345 23. Chapter 17. Long-Term Monitoring Study of Beached Oils Around the Shetland Isles, United Kingdom - p. 373 24. Chapter 18. The Erika Oil Spill: 10 Years Monitoring Program and Effects of the Weathering Processes - p. 387 25. Chapter 19. Environmental Assessment of Spills Related to Oil Exploitation in Canada’s Oil Sands Region - p. 401 26. Chapter 20. Chemical Fingerprinting Assessment of the Impact to River Sediments Following the Bakken Crude Oil Train Derailment and Fire, Mount Carbon, West Virginia - p. 419 27. Chapter 21. The Pixel-Based Chemometric Approach for Oil Spill Identification and Hydrocarbon Source Differentiation: Two Case Studies From the Persian Gulf - p. 443 28. Chapter 22. Use of Passive Samplers to Determine the Source of Dissolved PAHs in the Ottawa River, Toledo, Ohio - p. 465 29. Chapter 23. Fingerprint and Weathering Characteristics of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in the Coastal Zone Following the “7-16” Dalian Crude Oil Spill, China - p. 483 30. Chapter 24. Case Study in the Use of Forensic History in Matters Involving Pipeline Ruptures - p. 499 31. Chapter 25. Comparison of Quantitative and Semiquantitative Methods in Source Identification Following the OSPAR Oil Spill, in Paraná, Brazil - p. 515 32. Chapter 26. Different Forensic Approaches for Hydrocarbons Sources Identification in an Urban Cluster Environment: Guanabara Bay - p. 563 33. Chapter 27. Hydrocarbon Sources and Biotechnology Applications in Todos os Santos Bay, Brazil - p. 593 34. Chapter 28. Assessing the Role of Environmental Conditions on the Degradation of Oil Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - p. 617 35. Chapter 29. Using Stable and Radiocarbon Analyses as a Forensic Tool to Find Evidence of Oil in the Particulates of the Water Column and on the Seafloor Following the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill - p. 639 36. Chapter 30. Red Crabs as Sentinel Organisms in Exposure of Deep-Sea Benthos to Macondo Oil Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - p. 651 37. Chapter 31. Modeling Distribution, Fate, and Concentrations of Deepwater Horizon Oil in Subsurface Waters of the Gulf of Mexico - p. 683 38. Chapter 32. Louisiana Coastal Marsh Environments and MC252 Oil Biomarker Chemistry - p. 737 39. Chapter 33. Novel Biological Exposures Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Revealed by Chemical Fingerprinting - p. 757 40. Chapter 34. Forensic Identification of Historical and Ongoing Tar Oil Releases in Nearshore Environments - p. 785 41. Index - p. 827
Oil Spill Environmental Forensics Case Studies includes 34 chapters that serve to present various aspects of environmental forensics in relation to “real-world oil spill case studies from around the globe. Authors representing academic, government, and private researcher groups from 14 countries bring a diverse and global perspective to this volume.
Oil Spill Environmental Forensics Case Studies addresses releases of natural gas/methane, automotive gasoline and other petroleum fuels, lubricants, vegetable oils, paraffin waxes, bitumen, manufactured gas plant residues, urban runoff, and, of course, crude oil, the latter ranging from light Bakken shale oil to heavy Canadian oil sands oil. New challenges surrounding forensic investigations of stray gas in the shallow subsurface, volatiles in air, dissolved chemicals in water (including passive samplers), and biological tissues associated with oil spills are included, as are the effects and long-term oil weathering, long-term monitoring in urbanized and non-urbanized environments, fate and transport, forensic historical research, new analytical and chemical data processing and interpretation methods.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. List of Contributors - p. xi 6. Preface - p. xv 7. Chapter 1. Critical Review of an Interlaboratory Forensic Dataset: Effects on Data Interpretation in Oil Spill Studies - p. 1 8. Chapter 2. Fifty Years of Petroleum Geochemistry: A Valuable Asset in Oil Spill Environmental Forensics - p. 25 9. Chapter 3. Fingerprinting Analysis and Source Differentiation of Petroleum-Contaminated Environmental Samples - p. 49 10. Chapter 4. The Application of Isotope Geochemistry in Stray Gas Investigations: Case Studies - p. 67 11. Chapter 5. Forensic Aspects of Airborne Constituents Following Releases of Crude Oil Into the Environment - p. 87 12. Chapter 6. Combined Gas and Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry Applications for Forensic Lubricant and Vegetable Oil Spill Identification - p. 117 13. Chapter 7. Environmental Forensics Study of Crude Oil and Petroleum Product Spills in Coastal and Oilfield Settings: Combined Insights From Conventional GC–MS, Thermodesorption–GC–MS, and Pyrolysis–GC–MS - p. 131 14. Chapter 8. Paraffin Wax Spill Identification by GC–FID and GC–MS - p. 157 15. Chapter 9. Challenges and Mysteries in Oil Spill Fate and Transport Modeling - p. 187 16. Chapter 10. Unraveling the Complexities of Upland Spilled Fuels: Selected Case Studies - p. 201 17. Chapter 11. Advantages of Multidimensional Chemical Fingerprinting in Identifying the Source of Marine Oil Spills in Bohai Bay, China - p. 239 18. Chapter 12. Distinguishing Genetically-Similar Diesel Fuels in Taiwan Using Principal Component Analysis of Diagnostic Ratios - p. 255 19. Chapter 13. Application of CEN Methodology in Evaluating Sources of Multiple Land-Based Fuel Spills in Alberta, Canada - p. 271 20. Chapter 14. Development and Application of Phase-Specific Methods in Oiled-Water Forensic Studies - p. 289 21. Chapter 15. Applications of the CEN Methodology in Multiple Oil Spills in Spanish Waters - p. 325 22. Chapter 16. Fingerprinting of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Malaysia Using Environmental Forensic Techniques: A 20-Year Field Data Review - p. 345 23. Chapter 17. Long-Term Monitoring Study of Beached Oils Around the Shetland Isles, United Kingdom - p. 373 24. Chapter 18. The Erika Oil Spill: 10 Years Monitoring Program and Effects of the Weathering Processes - p. 387 25. Chapter 19. Environmental Assessment of Spills Related to Oil Exploitation in Canada’s Oil Sands Region - p. 401 26. Chapter 20. Chemical Fingerprinting Assessment of the Impact to River Sediments Following the Bakken Crude Oil Train Derailment and Fire, Mount Carbon, West Virginia - p. 419 27. Chapter 21. The Pixel-Based Chemometric Approach for Oil Spill Identification and Hydrocarbon Source Differentiation: Two Case Studies From the Persian Gulf - p. 443 28. Chapter 22. Use of Passive Samplers to Determine the Source of Dissolved PAHs in the Ottawa River, Toledo, Ohio - p. 465 29. Chapter 23. Fingerprint and Weathering Characteristics of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in the Coastal Zone Following the “7-16” Dalian Crude Oil Spill, China - p. 483 30. Chapter 24. Case Study in the Use of Forensic History in Matters Involving Pipeline Ruptures - p. 499 31. Chapter 25. Comparison of Quantitative and Semiquantitative Methods in Source Identification Following the OSPAR Oil Spill, in Paraná, Brazil - p. 515 32. Chapter 26. Different Forensic Approaches for Hydrocarbons Sources Identification in an Urban Cluster Environment: Guanabara Bay - p. 563 33. Chapter 27. Hydrocarbon Sources and Biotechnology Applications in Todos os Santos Bay, Brazil - p. 593 34. Chapter 28. Assessing the Role of Environmental Conditions on the Degradation of Oil Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - p. 617 35. Chapter 29. Using Stable and Radiocarbon Analyses as a Forensic Tool to Find Evidence of Oil in the Particulates of the Water Column and on the Seafloor Following the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill - p. 639 36. Chapter 30. Red Crabs as Sentinel Organisms in Exposure of Deep-Sea Benthos to Macondo Oil Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - p. 651 37. Chapter 31. Modeling Distribution, Fate, and Concentrations of Deepwater Horizon Oil in Subsurface Waters of the Gulf of Mexico - p. 683 38. Chapter 32. Louisiana Coastal Marsh Environments and MC252 Oil Biomarker Chemistry - p. 737 39. Chapter 33. Novel Biological Exposures Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Revealed by Chemical Fingerprinting - p. 757 40. Chapter 34. Forensic Identification of Historical and Ongoing Tar Oil Releases in Nearshore Environments - p. 785 41. Index - p. 827
