Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s):
Affiliate Investigator(s): Robert Morton
Information Specialist(s): Julie Bernier
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Quantify subsidence and erosion in areas of historical wetland loss
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Leeville/Port Fourchon, LA
End Port/Location: Leeville/Port Fourchon, LA
Start Date: 2007-10-07
End Date: 2007-10-11
Equipment Used: Vibracorer, Peat Corer, Tripods, GPS
Information to be Derived: Sediment-surface elevations and stratigraphic analysis (especially, peat thickness and depth to the organic-clastic contact) will be used to estimate the magnitude and rate of subsidence and erosion between marsh and open-water core sites.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 25 vibracores and 10 push cores from 3 study areas between Leeville and Port Fourchon. Recorded water depths at each core site and along transects between core sites.
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
Louisiana Chenier Plain
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 31.08926714 | South: 28.08600543 | West: -93.5979 | East: -88.30197114 |
Platform(s):
Greenhead |
Bernier, J.C., 2013, Trends and causes of historical wetland loss in coastal Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2013-317, https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20133017.
Morton, R.A., Bernier, J.C., Kelso, K.W., 2009, Recent subsidence and erosion at diverse wetland sites in the southeastern Mississippi Delta plain: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1158, 39 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20091158.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vibracorer | --- | Geology | 07SWL02-SA-pd-1 (core description sheets) 07SWL02-SA-pd-2 (core photographs) 07SWL02-SA-rd-1 (25 vibracores) |
| Peat Corer | --- | Biology Geology | 07SWL02-SA-rd-2 (10 push cores) 07SWL02-SA-pd-3 (core description sheets) 07SWL02-SA-pd-4 (core photographs) |
| Tripods | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) Benchmarks Navigation | |
| GPS | --- | Navigation |
