Other ID: 14CTB02
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 Supplemental Funding - Estuarine Physical Response (MN00FKD)
Principal Investigator(s): Christopher Smith
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Arnell Forde, Julie Bernier, Christopher Smith
Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Ground Penetrating Radar, 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): Excursion - White, White Dodge Pickup - White
Start Port/Location: Ocean City, MD
End Port/Location: Chincoteague Bay Field Station, VA
Start Date: 2014-10-18
End Date: 2014-10-31
Equipment Used: Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), Other, YSI Professional Plus multiparameter meter, Digital Camera, Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS, Choke Ring Antenna, Garmin GPS, Core Barrels, Peat Corer, Grab Sampler, 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: 67 surface grab samples, 48 sand auger sites, 39 trenches, 40 estuarine grabs, and 10.5 line-km GPR data (44 lines).
Staff: Julie Bernier, Alisha Ellis, Marci Marot, Cathryn Wheaton
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: R/V Mako used for estuarine sampling.
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) |
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.
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.
Zaremba, N.J., Bernier, J.C., Forde, A.S., Smith, C.G., 2016, Raw and processed ground-penetrating radar and post processed differential global positioning system data collected from Assateague Island, Maryland, October 2014: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 989, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds989.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) | --- | Ground Penetrating Radar | 2014-322-FA_GPR_Profile_Images (Ground penetrating radar profile images) 2014-322-FA_GPR_ASCII_Raw_Data (Raw data from ground penetrating radar) |
| Other | --- | --- | --- |
| YSI Professional Plus multiparameter meter | --- | Conductivity Depth Dissolved Oxygen Nitrate ORP pH Temperature | |
| Digital Camera | --- | Photo Video | |
| Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | 2014-322-FA_GPR_DGPS_data (Navigation data for ground penetrating radar files) 2014-322-FA_GPR_KML_files (Spatial data for ground penetrating radar files) |
| Choke Ring Antenna | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | |
| Garmin GPS | --- | Navigation | 2014-322-FA-NL-pd-1 (Site Information of Surficial Sediment) 2014-322-FA-NL-pd-2 (Sample locations, Water quality parameters) |
| Core Barrels | --- | Geology | |
| Peat Corer | --- | Biology Geology | 2014-322-FA-pd-2 (Alpha spectroscopy data) 2014-33-FA-SA-pd-1 (Grain size data) |
| Grab Sampler | --- | Biology Geology | 2014-322-FA-SA-pd-2 (particle size analysis results summary from Chincoteague Bay) 2014-322-FA-SA-pd-3 (shear stress data) 14CTB_InnerShelf_Raw_and_Normalized_25mL_Foram_Counts.zip (14CTB inner shelf G raw and normalized foraminiferal counts) 2014-322-FA-SA-pd-1 (Chincoteague Bay surface sediment physical parameters data) 14CTB02_G_S_Normalized_25mL_Foram_Counts.zip (14CTB02 (Fall) G and S normalized foraminiferal counts) 14CTB02_G_S_Raw_Foram_Counts.zip (14CTB02 (Fall) G and S raw foraminiferal counts) |
| Push Corer | --- | Geology |
