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Field Activity Details for field activity 09CGS02

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Ryan Moyer

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Ryan Moyer

Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To obtain coral cores that will be used to develop proxy records of coral growth, calcification, and historical surface ocean pH and aragonite saturation.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: La Parguera, Puerto Rico

End Port/Location: La Parguera, Puerto Rico

Start Date: 2009-07-14

End Date: 2009-07-23

Equipment Used: Hydraulic Coring Drill

Information to be Derived: Coral growth, coral calcification, coral skeletal d11B measurements.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Field activity has not occurred yet.

Staff: Jordan Sanford, Nathan Smiley

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Shop Activities and Time: Hydraulic motor servicing (3 hours), Construction of shipping crate for drill (2 hours), Fabrication of extension bars for pneumatic drill (4 hours)

Location:

La Parguera, Puerto Rico

Boundaries
North: 18.01579362 South: 17.87070293 West: -67.1261 East: -66.91887048

Platform(s):


19-ft Caribbean Special

Publications

Reich, C., Streubert, M., Dwyer, B., Godbout, M., Muslic, A., Umberger, D., 2012, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center's core archive portal: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 626, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds626.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Hydraulic Coring Drill --- Geology

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