Other ID: 14CTB01
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Hurricane Sandy - Barrier Island and Estuarine Wetland Physical Change Assessment (GX.13.MN00.FKS01.00), Hurricane Sandy - Impacts to and Vulnerability of Coastal Beaches (AE03FBQ), Hurricane Sandy Supplemental Funding - Estuarine Physical Response (MN00FKD)
Principal Investigator(s): Christopher Smith
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Julie Bernier, Christopher Smith
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Conductivity, Environmental Data: Depth, Environmental Data: Dissolved Oxygen, Environmental Data: ORP, Environmental Data: pH, Environmental Data: Temperature, Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Benchmarks, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Hurricane Sandy supplemental funding project GS-2A (Wetland Physical Change) - Characterize the surficial sediment of washover fans and back-barrier marshes and integrate data into vulnerability assessments. Estuarine Physical Response project - Collect and analyze surficial sediment for integration into estuarine model and establish a baseline dataset for future response scenarios.
Vehicle(s): Ford F-350 Dually White (GSA)
Start Port/Location: Ocean City, MD
End Port/Location: Chincoteague Bay Field Station, VA
Start Date: 2014-03-24
End Date: 2014-04-04
Equipment Used: Digital Camera, Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS, Garmin GPS, Peat Corer, Grab Sampler, YSI Professional Plus multiparameter meter, Choke Ring Antenna, Core Barrels, Push Corer
Information to be Derived: Sediment characterization (physical parameters - grain size, organic content, bulk density, radiochemistry, foraminiferal analysis)
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 35 surface grab samples (onshore), 20 sand auger cores, 7 marsh push cores, 6 peat auger cores, 46 estuarine grab samples, 41 estuarine water column samples.
Staff: Charles Adams, Julie Bernier, Alisha Ellis
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Horn Point Laboratory (University of Maryland cooperative) vessel and R/V Mako used for estuarine sampling.
Sediment Samples are staged to be archived and are on the East Wall of the Sed Lab as of July 18th, 2018.
Location:
Chincoteague Bay, Assateague Island, MD and VA
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 39.48602511 | South: 37.0239427 | West: -77.5635 | East: -74.72851563 |
Platform(s):
 Mako (SP) | Unknown |
Bernier, J.C., Zaremba, N.J., Wheaton, C.J., Ellis, A.M., Marot, M.E., Smith, C.G., 2016, Sedimentologic characteristics of recent washover deposits from Assateague Island, Maryland: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 999, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds999.
Ellis, A.M., Marot, M.E., Wheaton, C.J., Bernier, J.C., Smith, C.G., 2016, A seasonal comparison of surface sediment characteristics in Chincoteague Bay, Maryland and Virginia, USA: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1219, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151219.
Ellis, A.M., Shaw, J., Osterman, L.E., Smith, C.G., 2017, Distribution of foraminifera in Chincoteague Bay and the marshes of Assateague Island and the adjacent vicinity, Maryland and Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1060, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1060.
Ellis, A.M., Shaw, J.E., Osterman, L.E., Smith, C.G., 2018, Foraminiferal data for Chincoteague Bay and the marshes of Assateague Island and the adjacent vicinity, Maryland and Virginia (ver. 2.0, May 2018): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7Z036CV.
Ellis, A.M., Shaw, J.E., Osterman, L.E., Smith, C.G.,, 2018, The Foraminifera of Chincoteague Bay, Assateague Island, and the Surrounding Areas: a Regional Distribution Study: Journal of Foraminiferal Research, v. 48 no. 3, pp. 223–240, doi: 10.2113/gsjfr.48.3.223.
Ellis, A.M., Shaw, J.E., Osterman, L.L., Smith, C.G., 2017, Foraminiferal data for Chincoteague Bay and the marshes of Assateague Island and the adjacent vicinity, Maryland and Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7Z036CV.
Ellis, A.M., Smith, C.G., 2017, A seasonal and spatial comparison of metals, and stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes, in Chincoteague Bay and the marsh deposits of Assateague Island and the adjacent vicinity, Maryland and Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1059, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1059.
Plant, N.G., Smith, K.E.L., Passeri, D.L., Smith, C.G., Bernier, J.C., 2018, Barrier-island and estuarine-wetland physical-change assessment after Hurricane Sandy: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017-1157, 45 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20171157.
Smith, C.G., Marot, M.E., Ellis, A.M., Wheaton, C.J., Bernier, J.C., Adams, C.S., 2015, Sedimentological and radiochemical characteristics of marsh deposits from Assateague Island and the adjacent vicinity, Maryland and Virginia, following Hurricane Sandy: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1169, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151169.
Zaremba, N., Smith, C.G., Bernier, J.C., Forde, A.S., 2016, Application of ground penetrating radar for identification of washover deposits and other stratigraphic features: Assateague Island, MD: Journal of Environmental & Engineering Geophysics, v. 21 no. 4, pp. 173–186, doi: 10.2113/Jeeg21.4.173.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Camera | --- | Photo Video | |
| Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | 14CTB_Site_Information (Sample locations, Water quality parameters) |
| Garmin GPS | --- | Navigation | 14CTB_Spring-and-Fall_Site-Information (Site Information) |
| Peat Corer | --- | Biology Geology | 14CTB_Data Plots (Sediment core data plots) 14CTB_Alpha_Spec_Data (Alpha spectroscopy data) 14CTB_Peat Auger Core Photos (peat auger core photographs) 14CTB_Grain-Size_Data (Grain size data) 14CTB_Raw_Spring_CN_Data (Spring carbon and nitrogen data) 14CTB_Raw_Fall_CN_Data (Fall carbon and nitrogen data) 14CTB_Raw_Fall_Metals_SG_Data (Fall metals data) 14CTB_Raw_Spring_Metals_SG_Data (Spring metals data) 14CTB01_G_S_Normalized_25mL_Foram_Counts.zip (14CTB01 (Spring) G and S normalized foraminiferal counts) 14CTB_InnerShelf_Raw_and_Normalized_25mL_Foram_Counts.zip (14CTB inner shelf G raw and normalized foraminiferal counts) 14CTB_Peat Auger Core Logs (Peat auger core logs) 14CTB01_G_S_Raw_Foram_Counts.zip (14CTB01 (Spring) G and S raw foraminiferal counts) |
| Grab Sampler | --- | Biology Geology | 14CTB_Spring-and-Fall_Compiled-Grain-Size-Data (particle size analysis results summary from Chincoteague Bay) 14CTB_Spring-and-Fall_Shear-Stress (shear stress data) 14CTB_Spring-and-Fall_Physical-Parameter-Data (Chincoteague Bay surface sediment physical parameters data) |
| YSI Professional Plus multiparameter meter | --- | Conductivity Depth Dissolved Oxygen Nitrate ORP pH Temperature | |
| Choke Ring Antenna | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | No data was collected |
| Core Barrels | --- | Geology | No data was collected |
| Push Corer | --- | Geology |
