AKA: none
Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Past, Present and Future Coral Reefs (ZP00FRV)
Principal Investigator(s): Ferdinand Oberle, Nancy Prouty, Curt Storlazzi
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Nancy Prouty
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Radon, Environmental Data: Temperature, Environmental Data: Tide, Environmental Data: Wave, Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Chemistry
Scientific Purpose/Goals: conduct resistivity, CTD, radon and water sampling of submarine groundwater on the reefs of Faga'alu Bay
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Faga'alu Bay American Samoa
End Port/Location: Faga'alu Bay American Samoa
Start Date: 2018-08-06
End Date: 2018-08-16
Equipment Used: Other, YSI, RAD7, wave/tide gauge, camera, GPS, Handheld GPS, Hand-grab sample, water bottle
Information to be Derived: rates and location of SGD and SGD composition
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: collected discrete water samples for geochemical composition of SGD, deployed radon buoy to quantify SGD fluxes, deploy wave/tide gauge to measure oceanographic forcing and flew drone with thermal camera
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
Faga'alu Bay, American Samoa
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: -14.28720527 | South: -14.29207832 | West: -170.68197862 | East: -170.67702808 |
Platform(s):
Other |
Oberle, F.K.J., Prouty, N.G., and Storlazzi, C.D., 2021, Near-shore seawater-column measurements of excess radon (Rn-222) and water levels, Faga'alu Bay, Tutuila, American Samoa, August 2018: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9F0LJNC.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | --- | --- | --- |
| YSI | --- | Conductivity Temperature | |
| RAD7 | --- | Radon | Near-shore seawater-column measurements of excess radon (Rn-222) and water levels (This data table includes in-situ near-shore seawater measurements of excess radon (Rn-222) and water levels collected in Faga'alu Bay, Tutuila, American Samoa.) |
| wave/tide gauge | --- | Tide Wave | |
| camera, GPS | --- | Photo Navigation | |
| Handheld GPS | --- | Navigation | |
| Hand-grab sample | --- | Biology Chemistry Geology | |
| water bottle | --- | Surveys (biological) Biology Chemistry |
