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Field Activity Details for field activity 11CGS01

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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): Christopher Reich

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): T Hickey

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: S. siderea coral will be cored to be used in comparison to existing cores collected from both Biscayne NP and Dry Tortugas NP.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Key Largo, Florida Keys

End Port/Location: Key Largo, Florida Keys

Start Date: 2011-08-23

End Date: 2011-08-26

Equipment Used: Camera, Digital, Hand Held, GPS , Hydraulic Coring Drill, Core Barrels

Information to be Derived: Coral core will provide paleoenvironmental data: Sr/Ca ratios, Oxygen isotopes, extension rates (based on x-radiographs)

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Caitlin Reynolds

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Florida Keys, USA

Boundaries
North: 25.57623626 South: 24.4771759 West: -82.2532 East: -79.69337816

Platform(s):

photo of Halimeda
Halimeda

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
Camera, Digital, Hand Held --- Photo
GPS --- Navigation
Hydraulic Coring Drill --- Geology
11CGS01-SA-rd-1 (Coral core; Fowey, Molasses, Sombrero, Pulaski)
Core Barrels --- Geology

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