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Field Activity Details for field activity 2015-302-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Other (Other)

Principal Investigator(s): Caitlin Reynolds

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Caitlin Reynolds

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect and redeploy an ongoing Sediment Trap.

Vehicle(s): Ford F-350 Dually Silver (GSA)

Start Port/Location: Cocodrie, LA

End Port/Location: Cocodrie, LA

Start Date: 2015-03-01

End Date: 2015-03-05

Equipment Used: Other

Information to be Derived: Foraminifera flux and other flux data in the water column, CTD cast

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Sediment Trap samples collected and CTD data and water samples.

Staff: Jennifer Flannery, Anastasios Stathakopoulos

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Ship Navigation was used and unsure of exact type of equipment.

Location:

Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico)

Boundaries
North: 27.5 South: 27.5 West: -90.3 East: -90.3

Platform(s):

Publications

Reynolds, C.E., Richey, J.N., Fehrenbacher, J.S., Davis, C.V., and Spero, H.J., 2022, Globorotalia truncatulinoides trace element geochemistry (barium, magnesium, strontium, manganese, and calcium) from the Gulf of Mexico sediment trap: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9YQMIH5.

Richey, J.N., Fehrenbacher, J.S., Reynolds, C.E., Davis, C.V., Spero, H.J., 2022, Barium enrichment in the non-spinose planktic foraminifer, Globorotalia truncatulinoides: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 333, pp. 184–199, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2022.07.006.

Richey, J.N., Thirumalai, K., Khider, D., Reynolds, C.E., Partin, J., Quinn, T.M., 2023, Globigerinoides ruber Sediment Trap Data in the Gulf of Mexico (ver. 2.0, September 2023): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KK7UD6.

Richey, J.N., Thirumalai, K., Khider, D., Reynolds, C.E., Partin, J.W., Quinn, T.M., 2019, Considerations for Globigerinoides ruber (White and Pink) Paleoceanography: Comprehensive Insights From a LongâRunning Sediment Trap: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, v. 34 no. 3, pp. 353–373, doi: 10.1029/2018PA003417.

Richey, J.N., Thirumalai, T., Khider, D., Reynolds, C.E., Partin, J., Quinn, T.M., 2019, Globigerinoides ruber sediment trap data in the Gulf of Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KK7UD6.

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