Fate and Transport of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Soil and Ground Water at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Tennessee and Kentucky, 2002-2003

U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5104
By Shannon D. Williams, David E. Ladd, and James J. Farmer

Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Purpose and Scope

Study Area

Crude Oil Release Site 1

Crude Oil Release Site 2

Crude Oil Release Site 3

Petroleum Hydrocarbons

Types of Petroleum Hydrocarbons

Transport of Petroleum Hydrocarbons

Biodegradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons

Methods

Sample Collection and Preservation

Physical Properties and Geochemical Analyses

Petroleum Hydrocarbon Analyses

Microbiological Analyses

Crude Oil Dissolution Study

Ground-Water Quality and Potential Natural Attenuation

Ground-Water-Quality Reconnaissance

Background Water-Quality Conditions

Crude Oil Release Site 1

Crude Oil Release Site 2

Crude Oil Release Site 3

Crude Oil Dissolution Study

Summary

References

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