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Chapter 13
The Sedimentary Record of MOSSFA
Events in the Gulf of Mexico:
A Comparison of the Deepwater Horizon
(2010) and Ixtoc 1 (1979) Oil Spills
Patrick T. Schwing, David J. Hollander, Gregg R. Brooks,
Rebekka A. Larson, David W. Hastings, Jeffrey P. Chanton,
Sara A. Lincoln, Jagoš R. Radović, and Alette Langenhoff
Abstract Marine Oil Snow Sedimentation and Flocculent Accumulation
(MOSSFA) refers to the process of formation, sinking, and seafloor deposition of
oil-contaminated marine snow and oil-mineral aggregates. MOSSFA was well documented in the northern Gulf of Mexico (GoM) in the aftermath of the Deepwater
Horizon (DWH 2010) and likely occurred in the southern GoM during Ixtoc 1
P. T. Schwing (*) · D. J. Hollander
University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
e-mail: pschwing@mail.usf.edu; davidh@usf.edu
G. R. Brooks · D. W. Hastings
Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
e-mail: brooksgr@eckerd.edu; hastindw@eckerd.edu
R. A. Larson
University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
e-mail: larsonra@eckerd.edu
J. P. Chanton
Florida State University, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science,
Tallahassee, FL, USA
e-mail: jchanton@fsu.edu
S. A. Lincoln
The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Geosciences, University Park, PA, USA
e-mail: slincoln@psu.edu
J. R. Radović
University of Calgary, PRG, Department of Geoscience, Calgary, AB, Canada
e-mail: jagos.radovic@ucalgary.ca
A. Langenhoff
Wageningen University & Research, Sub-department of Environmental Technology,
Wageningen, The Netherlands
e-mail: alette.langenhoff@wur.nl
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
S. A. Murawski et al. (eds.), Deep Oil Spills,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11605-7_13
Chapter 13
The Sedimentary Record of MOSSFA
Events in the Gulf of Mexico:
A Comparison of the Deepwater Horizon
(2010) and Ixtoc 1 (1979) Oil Spills
Patrick T. Schwing, David J. Hollander, Gregg R. Brooks,
Rebekka A. Larson, David W. Hastings, Jeffrey P. Chanton,
Sara A. Lincoln, Jagoš R. Radović, and Alette Langenhoff
Abstract Marine Oil Snow Sedimentation and Flocculent Accumulation
(MOSSFA) refers to the process of formation, sinking, and seafloor deposition of
oil-contaminated marine snow and oil-mineral aggregates. MOSSFA was well documented in the northern Gulf of Mexico (GoM) in the aftermath of the Deepwater
Horizon (DWH 2010) and likely occurred in the southern GoM during Ixtoc 1
P. T. Schwing (*) · D. J. Hollander
University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
e-mail: pschwing@mail.usf.edu; davidh@usf.edu
G. R. Brooks · D. W. Hastings
Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
e-mail: brooksgr@eckerd.edu; hastindw@eckerd.edu
R. A. Larson
University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
e-mail: larsonra@eckerd.edu
J. P. Chanton
Florida State University, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science,
Tallahassee, FL, USA
e-mail: jchanton@fsu.edu
S. A. Lincoln
The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Geosciences, University Park, PA, USA
e-mail: slincoln@psu.edu
J. R. Radović
University of Calgary, PRG, Department of Geoscience, Calgary, AB, Canada
e-mail: jagos.radovic@ucalgary.ca
A. Langenhoff
Wageningen University & Research, Sub-department of Environmental Technology,
Wageningen, The Netherlands
e-mail: alette.langenhoff@wur.nl