Appendix 2.5 Graphs Showing Data Distributions for Trace 

and Major Elements in the Less Than 63-Micrometer Fraction of 

Sediment Sampled in Response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil 

Spill, 2010

Aluminum............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 184

Antimony................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 184

Arsenic................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 185

Barium ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 185

Beryllium................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 186

Cadmium................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 186

Calcium.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 187

Chromium .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 187

Cobalt ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 188

Copper ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 188

Inorganic carbon.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 189

Iron ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 189

Lead ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 190

Lithium ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 190

Magnesium ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 191

Manganese........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 191

Mercury................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 192

Molybdenum......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 192

Nickel ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 193

Nitrogen................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 193

Organic carbon..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 194

Phosphorus........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 194

Potassium.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 195

Selenium................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 195

Silver ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 196

Sodium................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 196

Strontium............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 197

Sulfur ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 197

Thallium ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 198

Tin ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 198

Titanium ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 199

Uranium ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 199

Vanadium............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 200

Zinc ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 200
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