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Field Activity Details for field activity 2015-339-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): Nicole Khan, Christopher Smith

Affiliate Investigator(s): Andrea Hawkes

Information Specialist(s): Nicole Khan

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Benchmarks, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: Transects, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Chemistry, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect baseline information for flood/hurricane impact studies

Vehicle(s): Chevy HHR - Blue

Start Port/Location: Wilmington, NC

End Port/Location: Wilmington, NC

Start Date: 2015-11-15

End Date: 2015-11-19

Equipment Used: Other, Peat Corer, Push Corer, Other

Information to be Derived: Grain size, Microfossil, Organic matter content, Shallow stratigraphy, Radiochemistry

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 276 short cores to examine shallow stratigraphy of flood deposit. Sampled 5 push cores and duplicate peat augers for sediment analysis.

Staff: Nicole Khan, Marci Marot

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

South Carolina

Boundaries
North: 34.201581 South: 33.345708 West: -79.16748 East: -77.830404

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Publications

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Other --- --- ---
Peat Corer --- Biology
Geology
Push Corer --- Geology
Other --- --- ---

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