Gulf of Mexico - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Apr 4, 2011 · The Gulf of Mexico refers to an economically important basin with a long history of hydrocarbon exploration. It is a region that has been the subject of debate due to limited data and proprietary industry information, but collaborative efforts between industry and academia are essential for understanding its formation.
Gulf of Mexico sediment sources and sediment transport trends …
Aug 24, 2006 · Results from these measurements are compared to previously determined calcium carbonate percentages, and clay and hematite influx trajectories into the Gulf of Mexico for the same samples reported by Balsam and Beeson [Balsam, W.L. and Beeson, J.P., 2003. Sea-floor sediment distribution in the Gulf of Mexico, Deep-Sea Res. I, 50, 1421–1444.].
Ocean acidification in the Gulf of Mexico: Drivers, impacts, and ...
Dec 1, 2022 · The Gulf of Mexico (GOM) contains a wide range of ecosystems that provide important services and play a critical role in supporting the Gulf coast, United States, and international economies. For example, according to NOAA Fisheries in 2019, GOM commercial seafood landings revenue in the United States was $1.4 billion and accounted for 15% of ...
Sequence stratigraphy of the Miocene section, southern Gulf of …
Sep 1, 2017 · The resultant Paleogene clastic sedimentation in the southern Gulf of Mexico, the Chiapas Massif still produced large volumes of sediments deposited in large depocenters, whereas in the Yucatan Block the deposition of shallow water carbonates continued (Padilla y Sánchez, 2007). In the study area, the Miocene succession is mainly sand-prone ...
The Gulf of Mexico - ScienceDirect
Jan 1, 2019 · Pollution within the Gulf of Mexico is comparable to levels in the Greater Caribbean and Western Atlantic (Hyland et al., 2003; Jambeck et al., 2015). Although natural petrochemical seeps are present within the Gulf of Mexico, hundreds of minor and major petrochemical accidents and spills have occurred over the past several decades (Turner and ...
Opening of the Gulf of Mexico: What we know, what questions …
Jan 5, 2022 · The Gulf of Mexico is an economically important basin with more than a century-long history of hydrocarbon exploration. However, the opening of the basin remains debated for two reasons: 1) the quality of data does not allow for reliable interpretations of crustal features beneath thick and complex overburden, and 2) most industry well and ...
The trouble with the curve: Reevaluating the Gulf of Mexico sea …
Aug 10, 2019 · The 2019 Gulf of Mexico sea-level curve presented here is based on 654 samples collated from 32 publications spanning five decades of marine biological and sea-level research. The 2019 curve uses both linear regression and an age/depth Bayesian modeling program called Bchron ( Parnell and Roland Gehrels, 2015 ) on 290 core samples of elkhorn ...
3D mapping of intruding salt bodies in the subsurface of the Gulf …
Dec 1, 2020 · The most extensive salt tectonic study in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico has been Bouroullec et al. (2017 a, 2017 b), looking at salt geometries and spatial variation of salt distribution. Bouroullec et al. (2017 a) identified three provinces within the northeastern Gulf of Mexico using primarily 2D seismic data. Within the eastern province ...
Mercury in the Gulf of Mexico: Sources to receptors
Nov 1, 2012 · Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) fisheries account for 41% of the U.S. marine recreational fish catch and 16% of the nation's marine commercial fish landings. Mercury (Hg) concentrations are elevated in some fish species in the Gulf, including king mackerel, sharks, and tilefish. All five Gulf states have fish consumption advisories based on Hg.
Opening of the Gulf of Mexico: What we know, what questions …
Jan 5, 2022 · The Gulf of Mexico is an ocean basin flanked by the continental United States to the north, Mexico to the west and south, and Cuba to the southeast. Tectonic initiation of the Gulf of Mexico began in the Late Triassic-Early Jurassic as continental rifting associated with the breakup of Pangea (Dickinson et al., 2010; Huerta and Harry, 2012 ...