Total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and total organic carbon (TOC) data for uncontaminated beach sediment, St. George Island, Florida, June 6, 2010

Control beach sand sediments were collected at St. George Island on June 6, 2010. This dataset contains PAH and TPH data measured in cores 1,2,and 3. In order to include the oxidized hydrocarbons potentially present in the beach, total organic carbon was measured in cores 4, 5, and 6. This dataset supports the publication: Huettel, M., Overholt, W.A., Kostka, J.E., Hagan, C., Kaba, J., Wells, W.B., & Dudley, S. (2018). Degradation of Deepwater Horizon oil buried in a Florida beach influenced by tidal pumping. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 126, 488-500. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.10.061