Field Activity Details for field activity 11SCG01

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, University of South Florida

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Ryan Moyer

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Ryan Moyer

Data Type(s): Geochemical: Experiments (geochemical), Geochemical: Surveys (geochemical), Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect sediment cores across a down-slope transect along the West Florida shelf.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Saint Petersburg, FL

End Port/Location: Saint Petersburg, FL

Start Date: 2011-06-25

End Date: 2011-07-02

Equipment Used: Box Corer, Peristaltic Pump, Gravity Corer, Digital Camera, GPS

Information to be Derived: Skeletal carbonates within cores will be used to infer climatic history over the last 2000 years.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Ryan Moyer

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Research Topic: Gulf of Mexico Sediment Core Geochemistry (SCG)
Additional Equipment Used: Laptop

Location:

Gulf of Mexico, West Florida Shelf and Slope

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Data Acquired