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Field Activity Details for field activity 2015-328-FA

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Other ID: 15CCT06

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

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Nancy DeWitt

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Sampling to collect material for biomarker study and long-term hurricane landfall record

Vehicle(s): Chevy HHR - Blue

Start Port/Location: Pascagoula River, MS

End Port/Location: Pearl River, LA

Start Date: 2015-09-14

End Date: 2015-09-30

Equipment Used: Garmin GPS, Peat Corer

Information to be Derived: Geochemical markers, stratigraphy

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Grain Size, XRF, LOI

Staff: Elsie McBride, Terrence McCloskey, Paul Nelson, Shelby Stoneburner

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Pearl River, Louisiana, United states, Gulf Coast

Boundaries
North: 30.3292496 South: 30.19036195 West: -89.7123 East: -89.58155212

Platform(s):

photo of Mako (SP)
Mako (SP)

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Garmin GPS --- Navigation
Peat Corer --- Biology
Geology

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