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Field Activity Details for field activity 2005-303-FA

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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): Lisa Osterman

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Sampling: Chemistry, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect sediment and water column samples in the Louisiana Shelf region

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Cocodrie, Louisiana

End Port/Location: Cocodrie, Louisiana

Start Date: 2005-10-14

End Date: 2005-10-19

Equipment Used: Box Corer, Surface grab sampler, Other, Water Sampler

Information to be Derived: Salinity, faunal assemblage, and geochronology

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 6 box cores, 30 surface cores (multicorer), 12 water cloumn samples, and 41 surface grabs.

Staff: Marci Marot, Christopher Reich

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Louisiana Shelf - Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana

Boundaries
North: 29 South: 28 West: -91 East: -90

Platform(s):

photo of Cape Hatteras
Cape Hatteras

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Box Corer --- Biology
Geology
Surface grab sampler --- Biology
Geology
Other --- --- ---
Water Sampler --- Chemistry

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