Field trial comparing two materials for marine oil sheen sampling

California Fish and Wildlife Journal

Bruce M. Joab¹  James McCall¹  Michael J. Anderson¹  Michael Ammann² 

[1] California Department of Fish and Wildlife;Chevron Corporation;

关键词: fiberglass;    fingerprint;    oil;    sheen;    tfe-fluorocarbon polymer;   

DOI  :  10.51492/cfwj.107.6

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) uses fiberglass material for forensic analysis of oil sheens, while the United States Coast Guard (USCG) method uses a tetrafluoroetheylene-fluorocarbon (TFE-fluorocarbon) polymer net. We performed a field trial of these two materials by sampling natural oil seeps, two in Santa Monica Bay, and three sheen areas in the Santa Barbara Channel. Though the fiberglass material did collect less mass on some trials, the forensic chemistry results demonstrated that both materials were satisfactory for purposes of chemical forensic analysis as each pair of the sampling materials yielded results that were consistent with a common oil seep source.