June 21, 2018 – Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative

Researchers lowered a profiling camera on the seafloor (by accident due to the depth sensor not working correctly), which caused a mini resuspension event. The black cylinder in the left corner with two hose clamps is the depth sensor. Image credit: Arne Diercks, ECOGIG

Study Tracks Sediment Resuspension Events in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

June 21, 2018

Researchers identified small- to hurricane-scale resuspension events using time-series data of sinking organic material near the Deepwater Horizon site.