TOPIC DESCRIPTION
Oil spills frequently occur in industrialized areas where there are numerous sources of PAHs, beyond those
resulting from the specific incident (e.g., runoff, pyrogenic sources, oily wastes, natural seeps). Chemical
fingerprinting to determine the source and extent of oil resulting from an incident are important for clean-up,
assessment, recovery monitoring, and associated liability issues. Research needs for this topic will focus on
analytical and interpretive methods to advance existing approaches to chemical fingerprinting of spilled oil in
the environment.
GROUP MEMBERS
Bob Haddad, Group Lead, bob.haddad@noaa.gov
Wayne Gronlund, wayne.r.gronlund@uscg.mil
Scott Stout, sstout@newfields.com
Mike Unger, munger@vims.edu
Alison Watts, alison.watts@unh.edu
GROUP RESOURCES (pending)
