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Scientific and Technical Papers of the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region


AIR QUALITY

Defenbaugh, Richard E., "Air Regulations Affecting Exploration and Production: MMS Regulation of Offshore Activities in the Gulf of Mexico." Before the Workshop on Second Annual Oil Field Properties, Houston, 1995. GP-9601

Roscigno, Pat, and Alexis Lugo-Fernández, "Sea-Surface Interactions of Offshore Ozone with the Neuston Layer." Before the Coastal Zone '95 conference, Tampa, 1995. GP-9507

Steorts, William L., M.E. Capuano, and M.A. Kienzi, "Preliminary Evaluation of the Minerals Management Service's Offshore Modeling System: A Long-Range Modeling Alternative." Before the American Meteorological Society, Nashville, Tenn., 1994, and published in the Proceedings; and the Regional Photochemical Measurement and Modeling Studies, San Diego, 1993. GP-9315

Steorts, William L., Cyntia K.R. Steiner, LuAnn Gardner, Marianne C. Causley, and Mark A. Yocke, "Inventory Quality Issues Associated with the Development of an Emissions Inventory for the Minerals Management Service Gulf of Mexico Air Quality Study." Before the Air and Waste Management Association International Conference on the Emission Inventory: Perception and Reality, Pasadena, Calif., 1993. Conference preprints. GP-9311


ALABAMA

Roscigno, Pasquale F., "The Use of Geographic Information System Technology to Compare the Environmental Impacts of Human Development on Mobile Bay, Ala., and Galveston Bay, Tex." Before the Coastal Zone Conference, New Orleans, 1993, and published in the Proceedings. GP-9306


ARCHAEOLOGY

Anuskiewicz, Richard J. “Three Dimensional Magnetometer Characterization and Marine Magnetic Distributional Analysis of the Hillsborro Beach Shipwreck: The Search for the Gil Blas, a 19th Century Spanish Brig.” Paper presentation before the Broward County Historical Commission, Marine Archaeology Advisory Council. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 1985.

Anuskiewicz, Richard J., and Ervan G. Garrison, “Survey Methodology and Site Characterization Modeling in a Dynamic Tidal Riverine Environment: A Study of the Scuttled Confederate Ironclad, C.S.S. Georgia.” Paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology, 1986.

Anuskiewicz, Richard J., “The Minerals Management Service Archaeological Resource Protection Program.” Paper presented to the National Academy of Science, National Research Council's Committee to Evaluate the Outer Continental Environmental Studies Program. Paper on file at the Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico Region, New Orleans, LA, 1988.

Anuskiewicz, Richard J., “The Minerals Management Service Dive Program: Its Function and Use as a Natural Archaeological Resource Management Tool.” Paper presented before the Louisiana Council of Underwater Diving Clubs. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1989.

Anuskiewicz, Richard J., and John R. Greene, “Archaeological Resource Management on the Outer Continental Shelf.” Before the Society for Historical Archaeology and Conference for Underwater Archaeology, Tucson, AZ, 1990, and published in the Proceedings. GP-9001

Anuskiewicz, Richard J., “Managing Archaeological Resources on the Outer Continental Shelf: A Model for Submerged Lands Management.” Before the Submerged Lands Management Conference, Biloxi, MS, 1991. GP-9104

Anuskiewicz, Richard J., "Using Remote-Sensing as a Tool for Middle-Range Theory Building in Maritime and Nautical Archaeology." Before the Society for Historic Archaeology Conference, Kingston, Jamaica, 1992, and published in the Proceedings. GP-9207

Anuskiewicz, Richard J., "Underwater Archaeology by Braille: Survey Methodology and Site Characterization Modeling in a Black-Water Environment—A Study of a Scuttled Confederate Ironclad, C.S.S. Georgia." Before the 12th Annual American Academy of Underwater Sciences—Science Diving Symposium, Wilmington, N.C., 1992, and published in the Proceedings. GP-9310

Anuskiewicz, Richard J., and James S. Dunbar, "Evidence of Prehistoric Man at Ray Hole Spring: A Drowned Sinkhole Located 32 km Offshore on the Continental Shelf in 12 m of Seawater." Before the American Academy of Underwater Sciences, Pacific Grove, Calif., 1993, and published in the Proceedings. GP-9314

Arnold, J. Barto, and Richard J. Anuskiewicz, “USS Hatteras: Site Monitoring and Mapping.” Before the Society for Historic Archaeology Conference, Washington, D.C., 1995, and published in the Proceedings (pages 82-87).

Aten, Lawrence E., “The Past and Future of OCS Cultural Resources Management.” Before the Society for Historic Archaeology Conference, Baltimore, MD, 1989, and published in the Proceedings (pages 31-35).

Aubry, Michele C., and Melanie Stright, “Beneath the Waters of Time—Interior’s Submerged Cultural Resources Programs.” In Cultural Resource Management volume 22, number 4, 1999, pages 54-56.

Church, R. A., D. J. Warren, J. B. Weirich, and D. A. Ball, “Return to the U-166: Working Together to Meet the Challenge of Deepwater Archaeology. Paper presented at Underwater Intervention 2004.

Donoghue, Joseph F., Richard J. Anuskiewicz, James S. Dunbar, Phillip R. Gerrell, and Michael Faught, “Evidence of Early Humans on the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Continental Shelf: Ray Hole Spring.” Paper presented before the 1st Society for Sedimentary Geology, Congress on Sedimentary Geology, St. Petesburg, FL, 1995.

Dunbar, James S., S. David Webb, Michael Faught, Richard J. Anuskiewicz, and Melanie J. Stright, “Archaeological Sites in the Drowned Tertiary Karst Region of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico.” Before the Society for Historic Archaeology Conference, Baltimore, MD, 1989, and published in the Proceedings (pages 25-31).

Garrison, Ervan G., “A Diachronic Study of Some Historical and Natural Factors Linked to Shipwreck Patterns in the Northern Gulf of Mexico.” Before the Society for Historic Archaeology Conference, Baltimore, MD, 1989, and published in the Proceedings (pages 12-18).

Gerrell, Philip R., Richard J. Anuskiewicz, James S. Dunbar, and Joseph F. Donoghue, “Evidence of Prehistoric Man on the North American Continental Shelf at a Sinkhole Located 32 km Offshore in 12 m Seawater.” Paper presented at the 59th Annual Society for American Archaeology Meeting. Anaheim, California, 1994.

Green, John R., and Richard J. Anuskiewicz, “Refining the Minerals Management Service Shipwreck Model on the Gulf of Mexico’s Outer Continental Shelf.” Before the Marine Technology Society, Washington, D.C., 1990, and published in the Proceedings. GP-9007

Irion, Jack B., “Cultural Resource Management of Shipwrecks on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Slope.” Paper presented at the 2nd MIT Conference on Technology, Archaeology, and the Deep Sea, April, 2002.

Irion, Jack B., and Ball, David A., "The New York and the Josephine:  Two Steamships of the Charles Morgan Line."  International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, volume 30, number 1, 2001, pages 48-56.

Pearson, Charles E., "Evaluation of Prehistoric Site Preservation on the Outer Continental Shelf: The Sabine River Area, Offshore Texas and Louisiana." Before the Society for Historic Archaeology Conference, Baltimore, MD, 1989, and published in the Proceedings (pages 6-11).

Stright, Melanie J., “Evaluation of Archaeological Site Potential on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Using High-Resolution Seismic Data.” Geophysics 51(3):605-622, 1986. GP-8601

Stright, Melanie J., “Human Occupation of the Continental Shelf During the Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene: Methods for Site Location.” Geoarchaeology 1(4):347-364, 1986. GP-8602

Stright, Melanie J., "The Minerals Management Service's Archaeology Program." Before the Society for Historic Archaeology Conference, Baltimore, MD, 1989, and published in the Proceedings (page 5).

Stright, Melanie J., “Archaeological Sites on the North American Continental Shelf.” Geological Society of America Centennial Special Volume 4, 1990. GP-9004

Papers from MMS Information Transfer Meeting (ITM) Archaeology Sessions

Archaeology, from Proceedings: Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, 1980.

Prehistoric and Historic Cultural Resources, from Proceedings: Third Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, 1982. Melanie Stright, Chair.

Detection and Evaluation of Inundated Prehistoric Sites, from Proceedings: Fourth Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, 1983. Melanie Stright, Chair.

Current Studies in Underwater Archaeology, from Proceedings: Fifth Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, 1984. Melanie Stright, Chair.

Cultural Resources I. Current Research in the Gulf of Mexico, from Proceedings: Sixth Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, 1985. Melanie Stright, Chair.

Cultural Resources II. Symposium on Remote Sensing Surveys, from Proceedings: Sixth Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, 1985. Melanie Stright, Chair.

Marine Archaeology: A Problematic Approach to Resolution of Unidentified Magnetic Anomalies, from Proceedings: Seventh Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, 1986. Richard J. Anuskiewicz, Chair.

Current Prehistoric Archaeological Research in the Coastal Regions of Florida, from Proceedings: Eighth Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, 1987. Richard J. Anuskiewicz, Chair.

Trash or Treasure? MMS Guidelines and Methodological Procedures for Identification of Submerged Magnetic Anomalies by the Commercial Diving Industry, from Proceedings: Fifteenth Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, 1995. Dr. Richard J. Anuskiewicz and Dr. Jack B. Irion, Co-Chairs.

The MMS Seafloor Monitoring Program, from Proceedings: Seventeenth Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, 1997. Nick Wetzel, Chair.

Sea Floor Monitoring, from Proceedings: Eighteenth Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, 1998. Dr. Jack B. Irion and Dr. Richard J. Anuskiewicz, Chair.

Deepwater Maritime Sites:  A New Challenge for Archaeology Underwater, from Proceedings: Twenty-first Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, January 2002.  Dr. Richard J. Anuskiewicz and Mr. David A. Ball, Co-chairs.


ARTIFICIAL REEFS

Bull, Ann Scarborough, and James J. Kendall, "An Indication of the Process: Offshore Platforms as Artificial Reefs in the Gulf of Mexico." Bulletin of Marine Science. GP-9403


BARRIER ISLANDS

Holder, Samuel W., Jr., and Alexis Lugo-Fernandez, "Relationships Between the Barataria Basin Tidal Prism and the Barrier Islands of that Basin." Proceedings of the Louisiana Shoreline Erosion Workshop, 1993. GP-9307


DEEPWATER DEVELOPMENT

Regg, James B. et al., "The Future of Regulations for the Deep-water Gulf of Mexico." Presented before the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 1996, and published in the Proceedings. Not available from MMS. GP-9517


ESTUARIES

Holder, Samuel W., Jr., and Alexis Lugo-Fernandez, "Relationships Between the Barataria Basin Tidal Prism and the Barrier Islands of that Basin." Proceedings of the Louisiana Shoreline Erosion Workshop, 1993. GP-9307

Roscigno, Pasquale F., Mary C. Watzin, and W. David Burke, "A Community-Level, Field Method for Testing the Toxicity of Contaminated Sediments in Estuaries." The Journal of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. GP-9313


EXPLORATION

Lore, Gary, "An Exploration and Discovery Model: An Historic Perspective—Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf." Before ICAM '94, Magadan, Russia, 1994. GP-9406


FLORIDA

Anuskiewicz, Richard J., "Archaeology, Science and the Sea"; "Sabine River Valley Study, Offshore Louisiana and Texas"; "Submerged Eighteenth-Century Ballast Pile Site"; "Ray Hole Spring [Florida]." Abstracts of poster sessions presented at the Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, Kingston, Jamaica, 1992. GP-9201

Anuskiewicz, Richard J., and James S. Dunbar, "Evidence of Prehistoric Man at Ray Hole Spring: A Drowned Sinkhole Located 32 km Offshore on the Continental Shelf in 12 m of Seawater." Before the American Academy of Underwater Sciences, Pacific Grove, Calif.,1993, and published in the Proceedings. GP-9314


GIS (GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM)

Greene, John R., Kenneth L. Graham, Norman L. Froomer, and Wilfred W. Times, "The Minerals Management Service's Use of GIS in Support of Oil and Gas Leasing in the Gulf of Mexico." Abstract for poster session published in the Proceedings of the 11th Annual Louisiana Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Workshop, 1995.GP-9522

Roscigno, Pasquale F., "The Use of Geographic Information System Technology to Compare the Environmental Impacts of Human Development on Mobile Bay, Ala., and Galveston Bay, Tex." Before the Coastal Zone '93 Conference, New Orleans, 1993, and published in the Proceedings. GP-9306


GEOLOGY

Bascle, Barbara J., Nancy K. Shepard, and Philip C. Smith, "Pliocene Trend in the Deep-Water, Garden Banks Area of the Gulf of Mexico." MMS paper, American Association of Petroleum Geologists convention, Houston, 1995. GP-9510

Baud, R.D., J.L. Haglund, J.L. Hunt, R.L. Rocque, and A.P. Daigle, "An Emplacement Model for Allocthonous Salt Sheets with Implications Toward Subsalt Exploration." Abstract of poster session presented at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists conference, Houston, 1995.GP-9602

Blood, Taylor E. and Dennis W. Cratsley, "Additional Type I Sequences in the Lower Miocene." Poster session paper presented at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Conference, Houston, 1995. GP-9521

Cratsley, Dennis W. and Taylor E. Blood, "Miocene Lowstand Deep-water Sand Plays, Offshore Texas." Poster paper presented at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Conference, Houston, 1995. GP-9516

Hunt, Jesse, Jr., and Grant Burgess, "Depositional Styles from Miocene Through Pleistocene in the North Central Gulf of Mexico: An Historical Reconstruction." Published in the Transactions of the Gulf Coast Geological Societies, Baton Rouge, La., 1995. GP-9513

Peterson, Robert H., and David W. Cooke. "Deep-water Northern Gulf of Mexico Hydrocarbon Plays." Published in the Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, Baton Rouge, La., 1995. GP-9515

Petty, Andrew J., "Ferry Lake, Rodessa, and Punta Gorda Anhydrite Bed Correlation, Lower Cretaceous, Offshore Eastern Gulf of Mexico." Presented before the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies 1995 convention and published in the Transactions, Baton Rouge, La., 1995. GP-9509

Smith, Michael A. and Karl W. Schwab, "Recent Advances in the Evaluation of Atlantic Kerogen—Continuing the Legacy of Pieter van Gijzel." Before the 12th Annual Meeting of the Society for Organic Petrology, The Woodlands, Texas, 1995. Not available from MMS. GP-9519

Smith, Michael A. et al., "Electronic Color Measure of Palynomorphy: A Better Method for Defining Thermal Maturity in Organic-rich Sediments Without the Problems of Suppression." Presented at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Society for Organic Petrology, The Woodlands, Texas, 1995. Not available from MMS. GP-9520

Witrock, Robert B., Anton R. Friedmann, James J. Galluzzo, Leslie D. Nixon, Paul J. Post, and Katherine M. Ross, MMS Biostratigraphic Chart of the Gulf of Mexico Offshore Region, Jurassic to Quaternary, revised May 2003.


HABITATS

Avent, Robert M., and Robert M. Rogers, "Sensitive Biological Habitats and Resources in the Gulf of Mexico: Environmental Issues and Concerns for the Regulation of the Petroleum Industry." Before the SPE/IADC 1994 Drilling Conference, Dallas and published in the Proceedings. GP-9401

Bull, Ann Scarborough, and James J. Kendall, "An Indication of the Process: Offshore Platforms as Artificial Reefs in the Gulf of Mexico." Bulletin of Marine Science. GP-9403


IMPACTS

Roscigno, Pasquale F. et al., “Ecological Consequences of Environmental Perturbations Associated with Offshore Hydrocarbon Production: A Perspective on Long-term Exposures in the Gulf of Mexico.” Published in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 53:2637-2654 (1996). GP-9606

Roscigno, Paquale F. et al., “Gulf of Mexico Offshore Operations Monitoring Experiment (GOOMEX), Phase I: Sublethal Responses to Contaminant Exposure—Introduction and Overview.” Published in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 53:2540-2553 (1996). GP-9607

Bull, Ann Scarborough, and James J. Kendall, "Preliminary Investigation: Platform Removal and Associated Biota." Before the 12th Annual American Academy of Underwater Sciences—Science Diving Symposium, Wilmington, N.C., 1992, and published in the Proceedings. GP-9208

Roscigno, Pasquale F., "Marine Ecosystems: Assessing the Impacts of Chronic Contamination from Offshore Platforms." Marine Technology Society Journal, 27:2. GP-9312

Roscigno, Pasquale F., "The Use of Geographic Information System Technology to Compare the Environmental Impacts of Human Development on Mobile Bay, Ala., and Galveston Bay, Tex." Before the Coastal Zone '93 Conference, New Orleans, and published in the Proceedings. GP-9306


MARINE BIOLOGY

Bull, Ann Scarborough, and James J. Kendall, "Preliminary Investigation: Platform Removal and Associated Biota." Before the 12th Annual American Academy of Underwater Sciences— Science Diving Symposium, Wilmington, N.C., 1992, and published in the Proceedings. GP-9208


MARINE DEBRIS

Reggio, Villere, David Ruple, and Nancy Holland, "Boater's Pledge—A Regional Campaign to Hook Fishermen and Recrea-tional Boaters on Solutions to Solid-Waste Pollution." Before the Coastal Zone 93 Conference, New Orleans, and published in the Proceedings. GP-9305


MARINE MAMMALS

Fertl, Dagmar, Wursig, Bernd, Mullin, Keith, "Exploring New Frontiers: The Gulf of Mexico's Cetaceans."

Avent, Robert M., "Observations of Cetaceans in the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico." Before the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 1993, and published in the Proceedings. GP-9303

Fertl, Dagmar et al., "A Report of Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) Feeding on a Carcharhinid Shark in Costa Rica." Marine Mammal Science. Not available from MMS. GP 9604


MODELING

Steorts, William, Mark A. Yocke, and Paul T. Roberts, "Photochemical Monitoring and Modeling Plan for the Gulf of Mexico Air Quality Study." Marine Technology Society Journal, Summer 1993. GP-9304


NATURAL OCCURRING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS (NORM)

Rutherford, Gary J., and G. Ed. Richardson, "Disposal of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material from Operations on Federal Leases in the Gulf of Mexico." Before the 1993 SPE/EPA Exploration & Production Environmental Conference, San Antonio, and published in the SPE Journal. GP-9301


OIL & GAS ACTIVITIES

Roscigno, Pasquale F. et al., “Ecological Consequences of Environmental Perturbations Associated with Offshore Hydrocarbon Production: A Perspective on Long-term Exposures in the Gulf of Mexico.” Published in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 53:2637-2654 (1996). GP-9606

Roscigno, Paquale F. et al., “Gulf of Mexico Offshore Operations Monitoring Experiment (GOOMEX), Phase I: Sublethal Responses to Contaminant Exposure—Introduction and Overview.” Published in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 53:2540-2553 (1996). GP-9607

Avent, Robert M., and Robert M. Rogers, "Sensitive Biological Habitats and Resources in the Gulf of Mexico: Environmental Issues and Concerns for the Regulation of the Petroleum Industry." Before the SPE/IADC 1994 Drilling Conference, Dallas, and published in the Proceedings. GP-9401

Johnson, Bonnie, "Environmental Considerations on the Outer Continental Shelf," Before the Coastal Society, Charleston, S.C., 1994, and published in the Proceedings. GP- 9402

Roscigno, Pasquale F., "Marine Ecosystems: Assessing the Impacts of Chronic Contamination from Offshore Platforms." Marine Technology Society Journal, 27:2. GP-9312

Williamson, Warren, and J. Rogers Pearcy, "MMS: Ensuring Safety and Environmental Protection on the OCS." Before the Texas Southern University Law Conference, Houston, 1992. GP-9206


OIL & GAS FIELDS

Lore, Gary L., "Conventional Gas Resources of the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf—Past Experience, Current Activities, Future Potential." In: The Future of Energy Gases, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1570. GP-9308

Lore, Gary L., and Larry Drew, "Field Growth in the Gulf of Mexico—A Progress Report." Before the V.E. McKelvey Forum, sponsored by the U.S. Geological Society, Houston, 1992. GP-9202


OIL SPILLS

Reggio, Villere C., "Oil and Beaches — A Partnership with Impact." Poster session presented at the Coastal Zone conference, Tampa, 1995. GP-9518

Roscigno, Pat, "A Cooperative NRDA in Louisiana." Before the International Oil Spill Conference, Long Beach, Calif., 1995, and published in the Proceedings. GP-9504

Roscigno, Pat, and M.C. Kennicutt II, "Gulf of Mexico Offshore Operation Monitoring Experiment (GOOMEX) Phase I: Sublethal Responses to Contaminant Exposure—Interim Results from the East Flower Gardens (HI-A 389) and Other Study Sites." NOAA Flower Garden Technical Series. GP-9405


PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

Alexis Lugo-Fernández, "Statistical Analysis of Gulf of Mexico oil spills of fewer than 1,000 barrels (159 m3)" Proceedings of the Eighth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management, New Orleans, LA, Vol. 2, pp. 1814-1827, 1993.

Alexis Lugo-Fernández, Ecological implications of hydrography and circulation to the Flower Garden Banks, northwest Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Mexico Science, Vol. 16(2), 144-160, 1998.

Alexis Lugo-Fernández, Peter Hamilton, Walter R. Johnson, “New oceanographic observations of the Gulf of Mexico deep waters” In: Petroleum systems of deep-water basins: Global and Gulf of Mexico Experience. Proceedings; Eds: R. H. Fillon, N.C. Rosen, P. Weimer, A. Lowrie, H. Pettingill, R. L. Phair, H. H. Roberts, and B. van Hoorn, 21st Annual Bob F. Perkins Research Conference, December 2-5, 2001. Gulf Coast Section of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Foundation, 129-140 pp., 2001.

Alexis Lugo-Fernández, “Connectivity of the Flower Garden Banks Coral Reefs: Are They Isolated?” Before the Gulf of Mexico Symposium 2000, Mobile, Alabama, April 9-12, 2000.

Alexis Lugo-Fernández, Kenneth J.P. Deslarzes, James M. Price, Gregory S. Boland, and Michelle V. Morin, “Inferring probable dispersal of Flower Garden Banks Coral Larvae (Gulf of Mexico) using observed and simulated drifter trajectories.” Published in Continental Shelf Research, Vol. 21(1), 47-67, 2001.

Alexis Lugo-Fernández, Alexis, Michelle V. Morin, C.C. Ebesmeyer, and C.F. Marshall., “Gulf of Mexico Historic (1955-1987) Surface Drifter Data Analysis.” Published in Journal of Coastal Research, 17(1), 1-16, 2001.

Collard, Sneed B., Alexis Lugo-Fernández, Gary Fitzhugh, John Brusher, and Rosalie Shaffer, A mass mortality event in coastal waters of the central Florida Panhandle during Spring and Summer 1998."  Published in Gulf of Mexico Science, Vol. 18(1), 68-71, 2000.

Hamilton, Peter and Alexis Lugo-Fernández,  “Observations of high speed deep currents in the northern Gulf of Mexico.”  Published in Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 28, No. 14, 2867-2870, 2001.

Alexis Lugo-Fernández and Pat Roscigno,  An Environmental assessment of the impact of ozone to neuston of the sea-surface microlayer of the Gulf of Mexico.  Published in Environmental Monitoring & Assessment, Vol. 55(2), 319-346, 1999.
 


PIPELINES

Williamson, Warren, "Damage to Underwater Pipelines: An International Workshop." Before the workshop, New Orleans, 1995. GP-9511


PLATFORMS

Bull, Ann Scarborough, and James J. Kendall, "Preliminary Investigation: Platform Removal and Associated Biota." Before the 12th Annual American Academy of Underwater Sciences— Science Diving Symposium, Wilmington, N.C., 1992, and published in the Proceedings. GP-9208

Dyhrrkopf, Felix, "Minerals Management Service Perspective of Platform Reassessment." Before the ASME 1995 and published in the Proceedings. GP-9505


PRODUCTION

Lore, Gary L., "Conventional Gas Resources of the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf—Past Experience, Current Activities, Future Potential." In: The Future of Energy Gases, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1570. GP-9308

Lore, Gary, "An Exploration and Discovery Model: An Historic Perspective—Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf." Before ICAM '94, Magadan, Russia. GP 9406


REGULATION

Avent, Robert M., and Robert M. Rogers, "Sensitive Biological Habitats and Resources in the Gulf of Mexico: Environmental Issues and Concerns for the Regulation of the Petroleum Industry." Before the SPE/IADC 1994 Drilling Conference, Dallas, and published in the Proceedings. GP-9401

Regg, James B., "Update of MMS Regulations." Before the Marine Safety Seminar, Galveston, 1996. GP-9603

Regg, James B. et al., "The Future of Regulations for the Deep-water Gulf of Mexico." Before the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 1996, and published in the Proceedings. Not available from MMS. GP-9517

Williamson, Warren, and J. Rogers Pearcy, "MMS: Ensuring Safety and Environmental Protection on the OCS." Before the Texas Southern University Law Conference, Houston, 1992. GP-9206


RESERVES

Lore, Gary L., and Larry Drew, "Field Growth in the Gulf of Mexico—A Progress Report." Before the V.E. McKelvey Forum, sponsored by the U.S. Geological Society, Houston, 1992. GP-9202


RESOURCES

Lore, Gary L., "Conventional Gas Resources of the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf—Past Experience, Current Activities, Future Potential." In: The Future of Energy Gases, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1570. GP-9308


RIGS-TO-REEFS

Bull, Ann Scarborough, and James J. Kendall, "Preliminary Investigation: Platform Removal and Associated Biota." Before the 12th Annual American Academy of Underwater Sciences—Science Diving Symposium, Wilmington, N.C., 1992, and published in the Proceedings. GP-9208

Bull, Ann Scarborough, and James J. Kendall, "An Indication of the Process: Offshore Platforms as Artificial Reefs in the Gulf of Mexico." Bulletin of Marine Science. GP-9403


SOCIOECONOMICS

Greene, John R. and Michelle V. Morin, "Social and Economic Change in Louisiana 1940-1990: A Geo-Temporal Analysis of Selected Historical, Social and Economic Variables." Abstract for Poster Session published in the Proceedings of the 12th Annual Louisiana Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Workshop, Lafayette, La., 1996. GP-9605


STUDIES

Dauterive, Les, "Utilization of the Minerals Management Service Operations and Scientific Diving Program for Operations Monitoring and Inspection." Before the American Academy of Underwater Sciences 1993 Symposium, Pacific Grove, Calif., , and published in the Proceedings. GP-9309

Johnson, Bonnie La Borde, "Environmental Considerations on the Outer Continental Shelf." Material used in a poster session at the Coastal Society Conference, Charleston, S.C., 1994. GP-9402

Rogers, Robert M., "Minerals Management Service Environmental Studies Approach to Land: Sea Interface Investigations." Before the Workshop on a Regional Approach to Land: Sea Interface Studies, Stennis Space Center, Miss., 1993, and published in the Proceedings. GP-9302

Steorts, William, Mark A. Yocke, and Paul "Photochemical Monitoring and Modeling Plan for the Gulf of Mexico Air Quality Study." Marine Technology Society Journal, Summer 1993. GP-9304


TEXAS

Roscigno, Pasquale F., "The Use of Geographic Information System Technology to Compare the Environmental Impacts of Human Development on Mobile Bay, Ala., and Galveston Bay, Tex." Before the Coastal Zone '93 Conference, New Orleans, and published in the Proceedings. GP-9306


TOXICITY

Roscigno, Pasquale F. et al., “Ecological Consequences of Environmental Perturbations Associated with Offshore Hydrocarbon Production: A Perspective on Long-term Exposures in the Gulf of Mexico.” Published in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 53:2637-2654 (1996). GP-9606

Roscigno, Paquale F. et al., “Gulf of Mexico Offshore Operations Monitoring Experiment (GOOMEX), Phase I: Sublethal Responses to Contaminant Exposure—Introduction and Overview.” Published in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 53:2540-2553 (1996). GP-9607

Roscigno, Pasquale F., Mary C. Watzin, and W. David Burke, "A Community-Level, Field Method for Testing the Toxicity of Contaminated Sediments in Estuaries." The Journal of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. GP-9313