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WIND-DRIVEN NEAR INERTIAL OCEAN RESPONSE AND MIXING AT THE CRITICAL LATITUDE
(2010-07-14)
The spatial structure and temporal evolution of sea breeze and the latitudinal
distribution of propagation and mixing of sea breeze driven near-inertial ocean response
in the Gulf of Mexico are investigated using comprehensive ...
Surface and Deepwater Dissolved Inorganic Carbon and pH in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
(2016-07-22)
The Gulf of Mexico is known for its numerous natural seeps as well as a very active drilling program for the oil located in its sediments. This study examines water column in an active drilling and seep region in two ...
Historical Demography and Genetic Population Structure of the Blackfin Tuna (Thunnus atlanticus) from the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico
(2010-01-16)
Little is known about the population structure and genetic variability of blackfin
tuna despite catch increases over the past 25 years. In this thesis, levels of genetic
variation contained in 323bp of the mitochondrial ...
Constraining Pore Pressure Prediction Using Seismic Inversion
(2016-04-26)
This paper addresses utilizing borehole acoustic logs to predict pore pressure at the borehole and employing seismic inversion to extrapolate these predictions. We implemented common approaches with our proposed quality ...
Petrographic, Mineralogic, and Geochemical Studies of Hydrocarbon-derived Authigenic Carbonate Rock from Gas Venting, Seepage, Free Gas, and Gas Hydrate Sites in the Gulf of Mexico and offshore India
(2012-02-14)
Authigenic carbonate rock (ACR) is derived from microbial oxidation of methane, biodegradation of crude oil, and oxidation of sedimentary organic matter. The precipitation of ACR was characterized petrographically, ...
Early life ecology of sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus, in the northern Gulf of Mexico
(2010-07-14)
Sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus, are commonly taken by the recreational and
commercial fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) and larvae are frequently reported in
the region, indicating the Gulf's potential role as ...
Nitrous Oxide Production in the Gulf of Mexico Hypoxic Zone
(2010-10-12)
The Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone is created by strong persistent water
stratification and nutrient loading from the Mississippi River which fuels primary
production and bacterial decomposition. The Texas-Louisiana shelf ...
Polychaete Annelid Dynamics in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, From Shallow Water to the Deep-Sea
(2014-12-16)
Polychaete annelids dominated the macrobenthos in sediments located 5 to 9 km from the Deep Water Horizon (DWH) Oil Spill site five months after the event. Numbers of species, abundance, and biodiversity indices in the ...
Detection of Gas Hydrates in Garden Banks and Keathley Canyon from Seismic Data
(2011-08-08)
Gas hydrate is a potential energy source that has recently been the subject of much academic and industrial research. The search for deep-water gas hydrate involves many challenges that are especially apparent in the ...
Utilizing Citizen Science to Assess Bird Community Composition Within a Changing Marsh-Mangrove Ecotone in Texas
(2016-07-11)
Climate change is likely to drive large geographic species shifts such as woody encroachment into grassland ecosystems. Along the Gulf of Mexico, this shift manifests as a change from grass-dominated salt marshes to woody ...