Other ID: 14CCT01
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Sea-level and Storm Impacts on Estuarine Environments and Shorelines - SSIEES (GX.18.MN00.F1M10.00)
Principal Investigator(s): Terrence McCloskey, Christopher Smith
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Nancy DeWitt
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect sediment cores and geophysical data to assess marsh history.
Vehicle(s): Ford F-350 Dually - Silver (GSA)
Start Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL
End Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL
Start Date: 2014-09-14
End Date: 2014-09-21
Equipment Used: GPS , Bottom Grab Sampler, Grab Sampler, Peat Corer, Push Corer, Surface grab sampler
Information to be Derived: core descriptons, bulk density, LOI, Pb-210, Cs-137, foram assemblages, GPR data
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Charles Adams, Nancy DeWitt, Christian Haller, Terrence McCloskey, Christopher Smith
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Sediment Samples are staged to be archived and are on the East Wall of the Sed Lab as of July 18th, 2018.
Location:
Grand Bay, AL/MS and Pascaguola, MS
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 30.42732018 | South: 30.2790872 | West: -88.5373 | East: -88.30902148 |
Platform(s):
 Mako (SP) |
Haller, C., Osterman, L.E., Smith, C.G., McCloskey, T.A., Adams, C.S., 2018, Benthic foraminiferal data from the Eastern Mississippi Sound salt marshes and estuaries: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7MC8X5F.
Haller, C., Smith, C.G., Hallock, P., Hine, A.C., Osterman, L.E., McCloskey, T., 2019, Distribution of Modern Salt-marsh Foraminifera from the Eastern Mississippi Sound, U.s.a: Journal of Foraminiferal Research, v. 49 no. 1, pp. 29–47, doi: 10.2113/gsjfr.49.1.29.
Haller, C., Smith, C.G., McCloskey, T.A., Marot, M.E., Ellis, A.M., Adams, C.S., 2018, Benthic foraminiferal data from sedimentary cores collected in the Grand Bay (Mississippi) and Dauphin Island (Alabama) salt marshes: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7445KSG.
Jenkins, R.L., III, Passeri, D.L., Smith, C.G., Thompson, D.M., 2023, Modeling the Effects of Interior Headland Restoration on Estuarine Sediment Transport Processes in a Marine-Dominant Estuary: Delft3D Model Output: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P986ZR6B.
Jenkins, R.L., Passeri, D.L., Smith, C.G., Thompson, D.M., Smith, K.E.L., 2023, Modeling the effects of interior headland restoration on estuarine sediment transport processes in a marine-dominant estuary: Frontiers in Marine Science, v. 10, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1217830.
Marot, M.E., Smith, C.G., McCloskey, T.A., Locker, S.D., Khan, N.S., Smith, K.E.L., 2020, Sedimentary data from Grand Bay, Alabama/Mississippi, 2014-2016 (Version 1.1): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9FO8R3Y.
Marot, M.E., Smith, C.G., McCloskey, T.A., Locker, S.D., Khan, N.S., Smith, K.E.L., 2019, Sedimentary Data from Grand Bay, Alabama/Mississippi, 2014-2017: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9FO8R3Y.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPS | --- | Navigation | |
| Bottom Grab Sampler | --- | Biology Geology | |
| Grab Sampler | --- | Biology Geology | |
| Peat Corer | --- | Biology Geology | |
| Push Corer | --- | Geology | |
| Surface grab sampler | --- | Biology Geology |
