Field Activity Details for field activity 2014-653-FA

AKA: none

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Climate Change Impacts to the U.S. Pacific and Arctic Coasts (ZP00F00), Coastal Aquifer Project - [CAPII] (ZP000I4)

Principal Investigator(s): Thomas Lorenson, Bruce Richmond, Peter Swarzenski

Affiliate Investigator(s): Mark Waldrop, USGS Volcanoes , AK

Information Specialist(s): Thomas Lorenson

Data Type(s): Biological Field Study: Experiments (biological), Biological Field Study: Surveys (biological), Electro-Magnetic: Resistivity, Geochemical: Surveys (geochemical), Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Chemistry, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Electrical resistivity profiles of permafrost and groundwater discharge. Carbon (organic matter) cycling driven by coastal erosion Microbial response to permafrost melting

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Kaktovik, AK

End Port/Location: Fairbanks, AK

Start Date: 2014-09-01

End Date: 2014-09-11

Equipment Used: Supersting R8, Camera-video, Camera-still, Handheld GPS, Hand-grab sample, Push corer, water bottle, Other

Information to be Derived: field data for permafrost location, groundwater input, carbon cycling, and microbial response to Arctic climate change

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Electrical resistivity of permafrost sections; air,soil, and water samples for analysis of Rn, methane, dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) isotopic composition, total organic carbon (TOC); and microbiological studies of 16S RNS metagenomics.

Staff: Thomas Lorenson

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2014-624-fa

Location:

Barter Island, AK

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