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Geochemistry data collected (1985-2015) for understanding the evolution of groundwater-contaminant plume chemistry emanating from legacy contaminant sources, an example from a long-term crude oil spill near Bemidji, Minnesota

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Start Date
1985
End Date
2015

Citation

Jaeschke, J.B., Cozzarelli, I.M., Baedecker, M.J., Mumford, A.C., Spencer, T.A., and Polite, B.F., 2021, Geochemistry data collected (1985-2015) for understanding the evolution of groundwater-contaminant plume chemistry emanating from legacy contaminant sources, an example from a long-term crude oil spill near Bemidji, Minnesota: US Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9K4J6NF.

Summary

This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data Release is focused on the geochemistry of wells within the oil zone and groundwater monitoring wells away from the oiled zone at the National Crude Oil Spill Fate and Natural Attenuation Research Site, Bemidji MN (USA) from 1985-2015. The site located in Beltrami County is where a high-pressure pipeline carrying crude oil burst in 1979 and spilled approximately 1.7 million liters (10,700 barrels) of crude oil into glacial outwash deposits. Researchers and scientists from government agencies, academic institutions, the regulatory community, and private companies have conducted extensive investigations of groundwater geochemistry in hopes of understanding the evolution of plumes and the fate of [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Jeanne B Jaeschke
Originator :
Jeanne B Jaeschke, Isabelle M Cozzarelli, Mary Jo Baedecker, Adam C Mumford, Tracey A Spencer, Bridgette F Polite
Metadata Contact :
Jeanne B Jaeschke
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Laboratory & Analytical Services Division
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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BemidjiGeochemMetadata.xml
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BemidjiGeochemData_Excel.zip 130.58 KB application/zip
BemidjiGeochemData_csv.zip 7.89 KB application/zip

Purpose

The purpose of this data release is to provide historical data sets associated with the crude oil spill located in Beltrami County, Minnesota. The data-collection effort records the chemical concentrations of samples collected at the National Crude Oil Spill Fate and Natural Attenuation Research Site. These data obtained from samples collected from 1985 through 2015 may be used to assist water managers as they plan for the length of time light non-aqueous phase liquid (LNAPL) plumes need to be monitored and controlled in order to protect water resources. This data release provides data sets in a tabular, database-ready format. The data contained in this data release was supported primarily by the USGS Environmental Health Toxic Substances Hydrology Program.

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