Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Barrier Island Evolution Research - BIER Sedimentology (GX.17.MN00.F1F50.00)
Principal Investigator(s): James Flocks, Christopher Smith
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Julie Bernier, Kyle Kelso
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Berm: The goal of this study is to assemble a baseline value of the sediment properties of the dynamic Chandeleur Island E4 Berm in order to track movement temporally, and to contribute to current and future modeling efforts. Marsh: Overall Goal 1) Evaluate if the berm or original barrier island sediment (primarily sand) are being sequestered in back-barrier environments (marshes and flats) or bypassing the system 2) Evaluate whether the berm emplacement influenced sedimentation in the back-barrier environments Specific Objectives and Tasks 1) Quantify recent (
Vehicle(s): White Dodge Pickup - White, Ford F-350 Dually White (GSA)
Start Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL
End Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL
Start Date: 2012-03-21
End Date: 2012-03-28
Equipment Used: Camera, Digital, Hand Held, GPS , Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS, Bottom Grab Sampler, Push Corer, Surface grab sampler, Core Barrels
Information to be Derived: Grain Size
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Actual number of grab samples and other sampling methods are yet to be determined.
Staff: Julie Bernier, Kyle Kelso, Marci Marot
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Green suburban will possibly be needed.
Location:
Chandeleur Islands, LA and Vicinity
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 30.13846374 | South: 29.29860296 | West: -89.0977 | East: -87.90016527 |
Platform(s):
 Glacier Bay Cat Boat |  Halimeda |
Bernier, J.C., Kelso, K.W., Buster, N.A., Flocks, J.G., Miselis, J.L., DeWitt, N.T., 2014, Sediment data collected in 2012 from the northern Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 850, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds850.
Marot, M.E., Adams, C.S., Richwine, K.A., Smith, C.G., Osterman, L.E., Bernier, J.C., 2014, Temporal changes in lithology and radiochemistry from the back-barrier environments along the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana-March 2012-July 2013: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014-1079, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141079.
Marot, M.E., Smith, C.G., Adams, C.S., Richwine, K.A., 2017, Sediment lithology and radiochemistry from the back-barrier environments along the northern Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana- March 2012: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1045, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1045.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camera, Digital, Hand Held | --- | Photo | |
| GPS | --- | Navigation | GIS_Core_Locations (marsh and back-barrier push cores GIS dataset) Site_Locations.xlsx (Push-core locations) |
| Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | |
| Bottom Grab Sampler | --- | Biology Geology | |
| Push Corer | --- | Geology | 12BIM01_Core-Photos (berm push core photos) 12BIM01_Core-Logs (berm push core logs) Core_Data_Plots (marsh and back-barrier push core plots) Grain_Size_Data (marsh and back-barrier push cores grain size analyses) Foraminiferal_Data (marsh and back-barrier push cores foram counts) DS_Chan2012_sediment-GIS (berm push cores and grab sample GIS dataset) Physical_Parameter_Data (marsh and back-barrier push cores physical parameters) Core_Location_Tables (marsh and back-barrier push cores sample locations) 12BIM01_Core-X-Rays (berm push core xrays) 12BIM01-___grainsize (berm push core GRADISTAT files) Grain_Size_Data.xlsx (Grain-size data) Radiochemistry_Data.xlsx (Radiochemistry data) Physical_Parameter_Data.xlsx (Physical parameter data) Core_Data_Plots.zip (Sediment core data plots) Grain_Size_Run_Statistics.zip (Grain-size run statistics) 12BIM01_samplesites (berm push core and grab sample locations) Radiochemistry_Data (marsh and back-barrier push cores radiochemistry) grainsize_summary-statistics (berm cores grain size analyses) |
| Surface grab sampler | --- | Biology Geology | 12BIM01_surface grab_grainsize (Grab samples grain size analyses) |
| Core Barrels | --- | Geology | No data was collected |
