THE COAST GUARD'S FORENSIC OIL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM

The USCG Research and Development Center has developed first generation laboratory and field systems for the forensic identification and classification of oil spills. The laboratory system uses IR and fluorescence spectroscopy and GC and TLC to match spill samples with suspected sources. The field system uses flourescence spectroscopy and TLC. The field system is designed to give each captain of the Port or Marine Safety Office the capacity to rapidly identify the source of the majority of oil spills, or in more difficult cases to provide sufficient information to justify the collection of additional samples for more detailed analysis by the laboratory system.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • From the 1977 Oil Spill Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 8-10, 1977.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Petroleum Institute

  1220 L Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20005-4070
• Authors:
  • Clow, J C
• Conference:
  • From the 1977 Oil Spill Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 8-10, 1977.
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 189-191

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution sources; Fluorescence; Identification systems; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills; Pollution control; Spectroscopy
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fluorescence spectroscopy
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil spill identification; Oil spill sources
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00177070
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Pollution Abstracts
• Report/Paper Numbers: Publication 4284
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 28 1978 12:00AM