Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Barrier Island Evolution Research - BIER Geophysics (GX.16.MN00.F1F40.00), Barrier Island Evolution Research - BIER Sedimentology (GX.17.MN00.F1F50.00)
Principal Investigator(s): Christopher Smith
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Nancy DeWitt, Arnell Forde, Kyle Kelso, Marci Marot, Lisa Osterman, Billy Reynolds
Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Ground Penetrating Radar, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect sediment cores and geophysical data to assess marsh history.
Vehicle(s): Chevy HHR - Blue, Ford F-350 Dually - Silver (GSA)
Start Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL
End Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL
Start Date: 2013-04-13
End Date: 2013-04-20
Equipment Used: Vibracorer, Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), Push Corer, Pressure Logger, GPS
Information to be Derived: Core descriptons, bulk density, LOI, Pb-210, Cs-137, foram assemblages, elevation and subsurface profile data.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 10 push-cores, 6 peat augers, 15 vibracores (1 duplicate) and 65 lines of GPR data.
Staff: Nancy DeWitt, Arnell Forde, Kyle Kelso, Joseph Long, Marci Marot, Lisa Osterman, Billy Reynolds, Kathryn Richwine
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Additional Staff: Miriam Jones - Eastern Geology and Paleoclimate Science Center (EGPSC) and Christopher Sherwood - Woods Hole Science Center (WHSC)
Additional Equipment: Generator
Location:
Dauphin Island, AL
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 30.31831752 | South: 30.18416567 | West: -88.3395 | East: -87.96295214 |
Platform(s):
Forde, A.S., Smith, C.G., Reynolds, B.J., 2016, Archive of ground penetrating radar data collected during USGS field activity 13BIM01-Dauphin Island, Alabama, April 2013: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 982, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds982.
Haller, C., Osterman, L.E., Smith, C.G., McCloskey, T.A., Adams, C.S., 2018, Benthic foraminiferal data from the Eastern Mississippi Sound salt marshes and estuaries: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7MC8X5F.
Haller, C., Smith, C.G., Hallock, P., Hine, A.C., Osterman, L.E., McCloskey, T., 2019, Distribution of Modern Salt-marsh Foraminifera from the Eastern Mississippi Sound, U.s.a: Journal of Foraminiferal Research, v. 49 no. 1, pp. 29–47, doi: 10.2113/gsjfr.49.1.29.
Haller, C., Smith, C.G., McCloskey, T.A., Marot, M.E., Ellis, A.M., Adams, C.S., 2018, Benthic foraminiferal data from sedimentary cores collected in the Grand Bay (Mississippi) and Dauphin Island (Alabama) salt marshes: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7445KSG.
Marot, M.E., Kelso, K.W., Osterman, L.E., DeWitt, N.T., Smith, C.G., 2018, Sedimentary data collected in April 2013 from Dauphin Island and salt marshes of coastal Alabama: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7H70DSZ.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vibracorer | --- | Geology | 13BIM01_Vibracores (Core description sheets) |
| Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) | --- | Ground Penetrating Radar | 13BIM01_profile_images (61 GPR elevation-corrected profile images) 13BIM01_gpr_trace_data (Ground Penetrating Radar files) |
| Push Corer | --- | Geology | 13BIM01_GrainSize (Marsh core grain size data) 13BIM01_SedimentPhysicalProperties (Marsh core bulk density, water content and loss-on-ignition data) 13BIM01_StableIsotopes (Marsh core stable isotopic data) 13BIM01_Foraminifera (Surface sediment and marsh core foraminifera counts) 13BIM01_PeatAugers (Peat auger core photographs) 13BIM01_GammaSpectroscopy (Marsh core radioisotopic data) 13BIM01_ElementConcentrations (Sediment elemental concentrations from marsh cores) |
| Pressure Logger | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) | Water-level measurements (Measurements of atmospheric pressure, water levels, and waves on Dauphin Island, Alabama, collected in 2013.) |
| GPS | --- | Navigation | 13BIM01_SiteInformation (Core sampling site location, elevation, and water quality parameters) |
