Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Ilsa Kuffner
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Emily Klipp
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Meteorology, Environmental Data: Temperature, Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Coral cores will be used for retrospective studies of coral growth and sea surface temperature over the last three centuries
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Charlotte Amalia, St. Thomas, VI
End Port/Location: Charlotte Amalia, St. Thomas, VI
Start Date: 2012-03-13
End Date: 2012-04-02
Equipment Used: Core Barrels, Digital Camera, Hydraulic Coring Drill, HOBO Pendant Temperature/Light Data Logger 64K, GPS
Information to be Derived: Underwater temperature, coral growth, Sr/Ca temperature proxy
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: T Hickey, Ilsa Kuffner, Christopher Reich
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Additional Equipment Used: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA)
Location:
US Virgin Islands
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 18.45346705 | South: 18.14410792 | West: -65.3958 | East: -64.7408311 |
Platform(s):
Leased Vessel |
Reich, C.D., Kuffner, I.B., Hickey, T.D., Morrison, J.M., Flannery, J.A., 2013, Complexity of nearshore strontium-to-calcium ratio variability in a core sample of the massive coral Siderastrea siderea obtained in Coral Bay, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013-1092, 12 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20131092.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core Barrels | --- | Geology | 12CBC01-SA-pd-3 (Coral cores X-Ray) 12CBC01-SA-rd-1 (8 corals cores) 12CBC01-SA-pd-2 (Strontium/ Calcium Results) 12CBC01-SA-pd-1 (Collection information:core locations, length, depth, and species) |
| Digital Camera | --- | Photo Video | |
| Hydraulic Coring Drill | --- | Geology | |
| HOBO Pendant Temperature/Light Data Logger 64K | combined with temp data | Light Temperature | No data was collected |
| GPS | --- | Navigation |
