Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): David Twichell
Affiliate Investigator(s): USGS St. Petersburg
Information Specialist(s): David Twichell
Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Vibracoring in Apalachicola Bay to ground truth seismic data and reconstruct the late Holocene history of the bay.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Apalachicola, FL
End Port/Location: Apalachicola, FL
Start Date: 2007-05-22
End Date: 2007-05-26
Equipment Used: Alpine Vibracorer, GPS (wh)
Information to be Derived: Grain size analysis;Visual core descriptions and age dates;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Twenty-four vibracores were collected from 23 different stations within Apalachicola Bay. Water depths for the stations ranged from 2.2 to 4.0 m. The core barrels were 6.1 m (20 ft) in length, and the recovered cores ranged from 2.6 m to 5.4 m.
Staff: David Twichell
Affiliate Staff:
Captain (David Bennett) - USGS-St. Pete; 2 coring technicians (Nick Ferina
Julie Bernier) - USGS-St. Pete; 1 core processor (Jordan Sanford) - USGS-St. Pete
Notes:
Project = Apalachicola Bay Geologic and Habitat Mapping, Apalachicola Bay Geologic and Habitat Mapping
Location:
Apalachicola Bay, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 29.83333 | South: 29.58333 | West: -85.1667 | East: -84.75 |
Platform(s):
 G.K. Gilbert |
Twichell, D.C., Pendleton, E.A., Poore, R.Z., Osterman, L.E., Kelso, K.W., 2009, Vibracore, radiocarbon, microfossil, and grain-size data from Apalachicola Bay, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1031, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20091031.
Osterman, L.E., Twichell, David C., and Poore, Richard Z., 2009, Holocene evolution of Apalachicola Bay, Florida: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 29 no. 6, doi: 10.1007/s00367-009-0159-1.
Twichell, D., Edmiston, L., Andrews, B., Stevenson, W., Donoghue, J., Poore, R., and Osterman, L., 2010, Geologic controls on the recent evolution of oyster reefs in Apalachicola Bay and St. George Sound, Florida: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, v. 88 no. 3, pp. 385–394, doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.04.019.
Twichell, D.C., Pendleton, E.A., Poore, R.Z., Osterman, L.E., and Kelso, K.W., 2009, Vibracore, radiocarbon, microfossil, and grain-size data from Apalachicola Bay, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1031, URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20091031.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Vibracorer | --- | Geology | |
| GPS (wh) | --- | Navigation |
