Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): James Flocks
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Conductivity, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Feasibility study to address wetland change affected by flooding through subsidence, sea-level rise, and storm impact on the Chenier plain.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, LA
End Port/Location: Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, LA
Start Date: 2009-04-29
End Date: 2009-04-30
Equipment Used: Peat Corer, YSI Model 30 conductivity meter, Push Corer
Information to be Derived: X-radiographs, grain size, paleontological (diatoms, forams), bulk density, organic matter
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Push and peat cores were collected at nine sites located within the saline and brackish marsh.
Staff: Jordan Sanford
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: D. Wagner & J. Sanford created a chilled transport storage device. Additional equipment: YSI Model 30 conductivity meter.
Location:
Grand Chenier, LA
Boundaries | |||
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North: 29.64118574 | South: 29.5731405 | West: -92.61371613 | East: -92.5656 |
Platform(s):
Airboat |
Smith, K.E.L., Flocks, J.G., Steyer, G.D., Piazza, S.C., 2015, Wetland Paleoecological Study of Southwest Coastal Louisiana: Sediment Cores and Diatom Calibration Dataset: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 877, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds877.
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Peat Corer | --- | Biology Geology | |
YSI Model 30 conductivity meter | --- | Conductivity | |
Push Corer | --- | Geology | 09WCC01-SA-pd-1 (X-rays) 09WCC01-SA-pd-2 (Sediment properties - Bulk density) 09WCC01-SA-pd-5 (Sediment properties - Grain size (percent sand, silt, clay)) 09WCC01-SA-pd-6 (Core description sheets) 09WCC01-SA-pd-8 (Sediment core site properties) 09WCC01-SA-pd-4 (Sediment properties - Organic matter (loss-on-ignition)) 09WCC01-SA-pd-7 (Diatoms) 09WCC01-SA-pd-3 (Radiometric dating (Pb-210, Cs-137)) |