Dataset for: Biodegradation of subsurface oil in a tidally influenced sand beach: Impact of hydraulics and interaction with pore water chemistry

Oil biodegradation and beach hydrodynamics were investigated in a Gulf beach located in Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama. Groundwater table, tide level, pore-water nitrogen, dissolved oxygen and salinity were measured in the field. A numerical model, BIOMARUN, was developed to simulate the biodegradation of low solubility hydrocarbon and transport processes of associated solute species in a tidally influence beach environment. The dataset includes the measurements along with simulation results such as residual oil concentration, groundwater table, tide level and pore-water nitrogen, dissolved oxygen and salinity at different location and depth of the studied beach. These data have been used to generate figures in Geng, X., Boufadel, M.C., Lee K., Abrams S., and Suidan M., 2015. Biodegradation of subsurface oil in a tidally influenced sand beach: Impact of hydraulics and interaction with pore water chemistry. Water Resources Research, 51(5): 3193–3218.针对位于美国阿拉巴马州邦瑟库尔国家野生动物保护区内的一处墨西哥湾沿岸海滩，开展了石油生物降解与海滩水动力学相关研究。研究团队于野外实地监测了地下水位、潮位、孔隙水氮浓度、溶解氧浓度与盐度。开发了数值模型BIOMARUN，用于模拟受潮汐影响的海滩环境中低溶解度烃类的生物降解过程及伴生溶质组分的运移过程。本数据集包含上述实地监测数据与模拟结果，其中模拟结果涵盖研究海滩不同位置及深度处的残余油浓度、地下水位、潮位、孔隙水氮浓度、溶解氧浓度与盐度。上述数据已用于绘制Geng X.、Boufadel M.C.、Lee K.、Abrams S.及Suidan M.于2015年发表的论文插图，该论文题为《潮汐影响砂质海滩地下石油的生物降解：水动力作用及与孔隙水化学的相互作用》，刊载于《Water Resources Research》2015年第51卷第5期，页码范围为3193–3218。