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): Julie Bernier, Kyle Kelso
Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: The purpose of this fieldwork is to ground truth geophysical data collected during previous research cruises.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Point Cadet, MS
End Port/Location: Point Cadet, MS
Start Date: 2010-08-09
End Date: 2010-10-05
Equipment Used: Vibracorer
Information to be Derived: Ground truthing of geophysical data will include the investigation subsurface sedimentological properties using: lithostratigraphic interpretation, age dating, photographic documentation, and grain size analysis.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Approximately 60-70 sediment cores will be obtained at various locations around the Mississippi barrier Island complex. These sedimentological data will help to understand the integral geomorphological properties of barrier island sustainability and natural migration.
Staff: David Bennett, James Flocks, Kyle Kelso, Richard Young
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: This cruise was originally scheduled from 08/09/2010 to 08/26/2010 but due to bad weather conditions had to be re-visited from 09/27/2010 to 10/05/2010.
Location:
Mississippi Barrier Islands
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 30.36533821 | South: 30.07410003 | West: -89.3841 | East: -88.35268813 |
Platform(s):
 G.K. Gilbert |
Flocks, J.G., Kindinger, J., Kelso, K.W., Bernier, J.C., DeWitt, N.T., FitzHarris, M., 2015, Near-surface stratigraphy and morphology, Mississippi Inner Shelf, northern Gulf of Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1014, 26 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151014.
Flocks, J.G., Kindinger, J.L., Kelso, K.W., 2015, Geologic control on the evolution of the inner shelf morphology offshore of the Mississippi barrier islands, northern Gulf of Mexico, USA: Continental Shelf Research, v. 101, pp. 59–70, doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2015.04.008.
Kelso, K.W., Flocks, J.G., 2015, Archive of sediment data from vibracores collected in 2010 offshore of the Mississippi barrier islands: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 903, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds903.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vibracorer | --- | Geology | 10CCT05_Core_Data.zip (Vibracore locations) 10CCT05_Grain_Size_Stats.zip (grain size analysis) 10CCT05_Core_LogsANDPhotos.zip (core photographs and descriptions) 10CCT05_Downloadable_Maps.zip (downloadable maps with core locations) 10CCT05_Vibracores_Shapefile.zip (Vibracore shapefiles) |
