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Field Activity Details for field activity 11CEV04

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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): Biological Field Study: Experiments (biological), Biological Field Study: Surveys (biological), Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: The purpose of the proposed work is to generate high-resolution records of sea-level change in Bermuda over the last 2000 years using mangrove sediments and consolidated limestone sediments comprised largely of dead coral skeletons.This study will provide the first direct comparison of these independent approaches and an extended instrumental (tide gauge) record. This study will be the first to directly compare the two methods in the same location and will serve to validate them both. Additionally, high resolution records of sea-level change spanning the last 2000 years provide an appropriate context for current and predicted changes. Such reconstructions also provide important constraints on future projections of sea-level rise.

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Bermuda

End Port/Location: Bermuda

Start Date: 2011-10-24

End Date: 2011-11-07

Equipment Used: Core Barrels, Digital Camera, Pneumatic Drill, GPS

Information to be Derived: Coral species, Coral colony morphology, depth below water surface, position relative to sea level, Growth history

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Ryan Moyer

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Sea Level Rise Studies

Location:

Bermuda

Boundaries
North: 32.45296483 South: 32.17465831 West: -65.0054 East: -64.38601299

Platform(s):


Pilatus PC6

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Core Barrels --- Geology
Digital Camera --- Photo
Video
Pneumatic Drill --- Experiments (biological)
Surveys (biological)
GPS --- Navigation

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