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Field Activity Details for field activity 2008-301-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

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Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect surface sediments and cores for microfossil counts, identification, and chronology

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Apalachicola Bay, Florida

End Port/Location: Apalachicola Bay, Florida

Start Date: 2008-02-01

End Date: 2008-02-01

Equipment Used: Surface grab sampler, Other

Information to be Derived: Microfossil counts and identification, and geochronology

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 3 land surface grabs on St. George Island, 6 (2 centimeter) surface samples, and 1 (4 centimeter) core in Apalachicola Bay.

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Location:

Apalachicola Bay, Florida and St. George Island, Florida

Boundaries
North: 29.6 South: 29.5 West: -85.04 East: -84.9

Platform(s):

photo of G.K. Gilbert
G.K. Gilbert

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Surface grab sampler --- Biology
Geology
Other --- --- ---

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