Other ID: B-1-00-TX
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Bob Morton, Billy Reynolds
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Billy Reynolds
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Evaluate subsidence and possible fault reactivation in wetlands near oil and gas fields.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location:
End Port/Location:
Start Date: 2000-06-16
End Date: 2000-06-18
Equipment Used: GPS , Push Corer
Information to be Derived: Shallow Stratigraphy including core logs and photographs.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 10 push cores in two Texas counties, using a small field office boat.
Staff: Billy Reynolds
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
Orange and Galveston Counties, Texas
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 30.04033 | South: 29.49 | West: -94.5868 | East: -93.9075 |
Platform(s):
 Boat |
Morton, R.A., Purcell, N.A., Peterson, R.L., 2001, Shallow stratigraphic evidence of subsidence and faulting induced by hydrocarbon production in coastal Southeast Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2001-274, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr01274.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPS | --- | Navigation | Station Locations |
| Push Corer | --- | Geology | Core descriptions |
