Northern Gulf of Mexico topographic features study. Volume four: other banks. Final report

In addition to geological and biological reconnaissance and sampling from the submersible, studies at Coffee Lump Bank included mapping and sub-bottom profiling, hydrographic sampling, and chemical analysis of sediment samples for high molecular weight hydrocarbons, Delta C-13, and total organic carbon. Results of these studies are presented in this chapter under the headings Structure and Physiography, Hazards, Sedimentology, Chemistry, Water and Sediment Dynamics, and Biology.