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Field Activity Details for field activity 09WCC01

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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): 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
North: 29.64118574 South: 29.5731405 West: -92.61371613 East: -92.5656

Platform(s):

photo of Airboat
Airboat

Publications

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.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
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))

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