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Field Activity Details for field activity 12WCC01

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Other ID: NGOM2

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Christopher Smith

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Christopher Smith

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To investigate site suitability for NGOM2 coring.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Baton Rouge, LA

End Port/Location: Baton Rouge, LA

Start Date: 2012-12-10

End Date: 2012-12-14

Equipment Used: Garmin GPS

Information to be Derived: Field Site Selection

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Visited potential sites for future coring; waypoint locations recorded.

Staff: Christopher Smith

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: This is conjunction with the NWRC-Baton Rouge (USGS) and CPRA (State of LA). Access to sites will be provided by the NWRC office with funds from GX13MN00F1F210

Location:

Vermilion Bay, LA / Marsh Island, LA

Boundaries
North: 29.83044015 South: 29.64565739 West: -92.1782 East: -91.88539996

Platform(s):

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Garmin GPS --- Navigation

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