Western Coastal and Marine Geology

Prince William Sound Oil Spills


Publications

Carlson, P.R., and Reimnitz, E., eds., 1990, Bottom sediment along the oil spill trajectory in Prince William Sound and along the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, U.S Geological Survey Open File Report 90-39, A-F, 6 Chapters, 100 p.

Carlson, P.R., ed., 1991, Sediment of Prince William Sound, beach to deep Fjord floor, a year after the EXXON VALDEZ oil spill, U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report No. 91-631, 4 chapters, 98p.

Kvenvolden, K.A., Hostettler, F.D., Rapp, J.B., and Carlson, P.R., 1993, Hydrocarbons in oil residue on beaches of islands of Prince William Sound, Alaska, Marine Pollution Bulletin, v. 26, p. 24-29.

Kvenvolden, K.A., Carlson, P.R., Threlkeld, C.N., and Warden, Augusta, 1993, Possible connection between two Alaskan catastrophies occurring 25 yr apart (1964 and 1989). Geology, v. 21, p. 813-816.

Hostettler, F. and Kvenvolden, K. 1994. Geochemical transformation of crude oil spilled from the EXXON VALDEZ super tanker into PWS, Ak. Organic Geochemistry, v. 21, p. 927-936.

Kvenvolden, K.A., Hostettler, F.D., Carlson, P.R., Rapp, J.B., Threlkeld, C., and Warden, A. 1995. Ubiquitous tar balls with a California source signature on the shorelines of Prince William Sound, Alaska. Environmental Science & Technology, v. 29, no. 10, p. 2684- 2694.

Kvenvolden, K.A. and Carlson, P.R., 1995. Oil spills in Prince William Sound Alaska. 10th McKelvy Symposium. Energy and Environment. USGS Circular 1108, 105-107.

Kvenvolden, K.A., Carlson, P.R., Warden, A., and Threlkeld, C.N. In press.) Carbon isotopic comparisons of oil products used in the developmental history of Alaska. Isotopes Geoscience Proceedings Vol., 21 msp.

Carlson, P.R. and Kvenvolden, K.A., 1996, Tracking EXXON VALDEZ oil from beach to deep-water sediments of Prince William Sound, Alaska. Exxon Valdez oil spill proceedings, American Fisheries Society Symposium, p. 109-120.

Kvenvolden, K.A. and Carlson, P.R. 1997. The Good Friday Catastrophes in Prince William Sound, Alaska. USGS Web Site Fact Sheet. http://energy.usgs.gov/factsheets/Prince/friday.html 1 p.

Carlson, P.R., Kvenvolden, K.A., Hostettler, F.D., Rosenbauer, R.J., and Warden, A., 1997. Fate of Spilled Oil in Prince William Sound: Diary of a Forensic Geology Study. U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 97-518, 88 msp.

 


Abstracts

Carlson, P.R., and Kvenvolden, K.A., 1992, Sediment of Prince William Sound: the aftermath of the EXXON VALDEZ oil spill, in AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Environmental Change: Natural and Man-Made, Arctic Science Conference, 43rd Valdez, AK, 1992, Program and Proceedings: Fairbanks, AK, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, p. 128.

Kvenvolden, K.A., and Carlson, P.R., 1992, Non-EXXON VALDEZ - related tar on the shores of Prince William Sound, AK, in AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Environmental Change: Natural and Man-Made, Arctic Science Conference, 43rd Valdez, AK, 1992, Program and Proceedings: Fairbanks, AK, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, p. 130.

Kvenvolden, K.A., Threlkeld, C.N., Warden, A., and Carlson, P.R., 1993, Forensic geochemistry--carbon isotopic identification of two sources of oil residues in Prince William Sound, 16th International Organic Geochemistry Symposium, Stavanger, Norway, (September, 1993), Falch Hurtigtrykk Press, Oslo, Norway, extended abstract, p. 735-738.

Carlson, P.R., and Kvenvolden, K.A., 1993, Tracking EXXON VALDEZ oil from beach to deep-water sediment of Prince William Sound, AK, EXXON VALDEZ Oil Spill Symposium, Anchorage, AK, (February 1993),Program and abstracts (extended abstract), p. 43-45

Carlson, P.R., Kvenvolden, K.A., Hostettler, F., Rapp, J., Threlkeld, C., and Warden, A. 1995. Two oil spills, 25 years apart, in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Geological Society of America, Abstract with program, v. 27, no. 5, p.9.

Kvenvolden, K.A., Carlson, P.R., Hostettler, F.D., Threlkeld, C.N., and Warden, A. 1995. Geochemical Identification of oil products used in the historical development of Alaska. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program. v. 27, no. 6, p. A-21 (Invited GSA Sympos. New Orleans).

Kvenvolden, Keith A., Hostettler, F.D., Rosenbauer, Robert J, Hostetter, David E., and Castle, William T., Terpane biomarkers and carbon isotopes in environmental geochemistry--application of a case study from Prince William Sound, Alaska: American Chemical Society Meeting, Orlando, Fla., 8/25-30/96

 


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