Other ID: 15CCT02, 15CCT03, 15CCT04, 15CCT05
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, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Sidescan, Sonar: Single Beam, Sonar: Sound Velocity
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: 2015-05-27
End Date: 2015-06-06
Equipment Used: ODOM-Echotrac CV-100, Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver, Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS, Choke Ring Antenna, Collapsible Tripod, Garmin GPS, Global Positioning System (GPS), GPS Pole, Grab Sampler, Peat Corer, Chirp 424, Other, Klein Side Scan Sonar, Valeport SVP
Information to be Derived: core descriptons, bulk density, LOI, Pb-210, Cs-137, foram assemblages, bathymetry xyz, bathymetry grids, sub bottom profiles, side scan sonar mosaic
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 0 sediment cores; 127 chirp subbottom profile lines; 144 XTF and 142 SDF line files of SSS; 304 lines of SBB; 87 SVP; 335 SBB waveform files in DSO format recorded using eChart and 275 in BIN format recorded in HYPACK, 32 ponars, 5 marsh samples, 25 radium samples, 20+ foram samples; 4 days of continuous radon in water measurements and 1.5 days of continuous radon in air measurements.
Staff: Nancy DeWitt, Joseph Fredericks, Chelsea Kuhs, Stanley Locker, Terrence McCloskey, Christopher Smith, Cathryn Wheaton
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: 15CCT02 = Sediment Sampling;
15CCT03 = Twin Vee = RV Jabba Jaw collecting sub-bottom profiler and side scan sonar;
15CCT04 = Jet Ski = RV Chum (blue)collecting Single beam bathymetry;
14CCT04 = Jet Ski = RV Shark (white)collecting Single beam bathymetry
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) |  Personal Water Craft (White WVR1 - Shark) |  22-ft Twin Vee (R/V G. Hill) |
DeWitt, N.T., Stalk, C.A., Smith, C.G., Locker, S.D., Fredericks, J.J., McCloskey, T.A., Wheaton, C.J., 2017, Single-beam bathymetry data collected in 2015 from Grand Bay, Alabama-Mississippi: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1070, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1070.
DeWitt, N.T., Stalk, C.A., Smith, C.G., Locker, S.D., Fredericks, J.J., McCloskey, T.A., Wheaton, C.J., 2016, Single-beam bathymetry data collected in 2015 from Grand Bay, Mississippi/Alabama: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7NP22M2.
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.
Locker, S.D., Forde, A.S., Smith, C.G., 2018, Subbottom and sidescan sonar data acquired in 2015 from Grand Bay, Mississippi and Alabama: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9374DKQ.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ODOM-Echotrac CV-100 | --- | Single Beam | Grand_Bay_2015_NAD83_MLLW_10m_DEM.zip (Bathymetry DEM, 10-m cell size) Grand_Bay_2015_NAD83_MLLW_30m_DEM.zip (Bathymetry DEM, 30-m cell size) 2015-315-FA_SBB_XYZ.zip (Single-beam soundings, includes Grand_Bay_2015_SBB_ITRF00.txt, Grand_Bay_2015_SBB_NAD83_MLLW.txt, and Grand_Bay_2015_SBB_NAD83_NAVD88_GEOID12A.txt) Grand_Bay_2015_SBB_tracklines.zip (Single-beam tracklines) |
| Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | |
| Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | |
| Choke Ring Antenna | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | |
| Collapsible Tripod | --- | Benchmarks Navigation Profiles Transects | |
| Garmin GPS | --- | Navigation | |
| Global Positioning System (GPS) | --- | Navigation | |
| GPS Pole | --- | Navigation Profiles Transects | |
| Grab Sampler | --- | Biology Geology | |
| Peat Corer | --- | Biology Geology | |
| Chirp 424 | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | 2015-315-FA_arc.zip (Survey trackline locations) 2015-315-FA_segy.zip (Unprocessed digital chirp subbottom trace data) |
| Other | --- | --- | --- |
| Klein Side Scan Sonar | --- | Sidescan | 2015-315-FA_xtf.zip (Unprocessed Klein SonarPro xtf data files) 2015-315-FA_SSSMosaic. zip (Processed sidescan sonar backscatter imagery merged into a mosaic at 30 centimeter pixel resolution. NOTE: Backscatter intensity is represented by a gray-scale pallet with high backscatter intensities as darker grays ) |
| Valeport SVP | --- | Sound Velocity |
