Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): University of New Orleans, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): James Flocks
Affiliate Investigator(s): Mark Kulp
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Characterization of the geological framework, mapping sediment distribution, and dispersal of sediment after a major hurricane.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Biloxi, Mississippi
End Port/Location: Biloxi, Mississippi
Start Date: 2007-06-18
End Date: 2007-06-25
Equipment Used: Vibracorer, GPS
Information to be Derived: Grain-size, photographs, interpreted core profiles, and barrier island assessment report to Fish and Wildlife. (* Report in progress)
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Near shore of Chandeleur Islands and Breton Island a total of 33 cores were collected. Summary and evaluation of data are referenced in a U.S. Geological Survey Data Series. (*Data Series in progress)
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: This study of the near shore vibracores (from the islands shoreline to ~4 km from the islands shoreline) was in conjunction with Cruise 07SCC04, which obtained vibracores offshore. Additional equipment: Stow G-500 Vibracore, 3" x 20' pipe, Chandeleur Island Houseboat
Location:
Chandeleur Islands, LA, Northern Gulf of Mexico
Boundaries | |||
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North: 30.39327865 | South: 28.70734188 | West: -89.2941 | East: -85.45209301 |
Platform(s):
Greenhead |
Dreher, C., Flocks, J.G., Kulp, M.A., Ferina, N.F., 2010, Archive of sediment data collected from offshore Chandeleur Islands and Breton Island in 2007 and 1987 (vibracore surveys: 07SCC04, 07SCC05, and 87039): U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 542, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds542.
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Vibracorer | --- | Geology | 07SCC05-SA-pd-4 (core photographs) 07SCC05-SA-pd-2 (digitized core logs) 07SCC05-SA-rd-1 (33 vibracores) 07SCC05-SA-pd-3 (grain size analyses) 07SCC05-SA-pd-6 (Data Series 542 GIS dataset) 07SCC05-SA-pd-5 (digitizing methods) 07SCC05-SA-pd-1 (core description sheets) |
GPS | --- | Navigation | 07SCC05-NL-rd-1 (Raw latitude and longitude coordinates for each core) |