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Field Activity Details for field activity 2009-302-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: Geology

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

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Cocodrie, Louisiana

End Port/Location: Cocodrie, Louisiana

Start Date: 2009-09-01

End Date: 2009-09-12

Equipment Used: Box Corer, Surface grab sampler

Information to be Derived: Collected 2 box cores and 49 surface grabs

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Faunal assemblage and geochronology

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Louisiana Shelf - Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana

Boundaries
North: 29.1 South: 28.5 West: -93.3 East: -90.1

Platform(s):

photo of Pelican
Pelican

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

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

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