Other ID: 17CCT01
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): Nicole Khan, Kathryn Smith
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Chelsea Stalk
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Tide, Environmental Data: Turbidity, Environmental Data: Wave, Location-Elevation: Benchmarks, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To deploy sediment tracers and sediment traps at erosion monitoring sites within Grand Bay marshes.
Vehicle(s): Chevy Suburban Silver
Start Port/Location: St Petersburg, FL
End Port/Location: St Petersburg, FL
Start Date: 2017-01-17
End Date: 2017-01-21
Equipment Used: Surface grab sampler, Sediment Trap, Water Level Recorder, Other, Choke Ring Antenna
Information to be Derived: Marsh surface elevation, water level readings, sediment plates, surface sediment samples
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: marsh surface sediment deposition and sediment tracers movement
Staff: Nicole Khan, Kathryn Smith, Chelsea Stalk, Joseph Terrano
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2016-358-FA
Location:
Grand Bay, MS
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 30.43683405 | South: 30.33391864 | West: -88.4564209 | East: -88.36181641 |
Platform(s):
FWS SeaArk Jon Boat |
Smith, K.E.L., Terrano, J.F., Khan, N., Stalk, C.A., 2020, Shore proximal sediment deposition, elevation, and water level data for four sites in the coastal marsh at Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Mississippi from October 2016 through October 2017: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9BFR2US.
Smith, K.E.L., Terrano, J.F., Khan, N.S., Smith, C.G., Pitchford, J.L., 2021, Lateral shoreline erosion and shore-proximal sediment deposition on a coastal marsh from seasonal, storm and decadal measurements: Geomorphology, Geomorphology, v. 389, 107829 p., doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107829.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface grab sampler | Marsh surface sediments were scraped into a 50mL test tube. | Biology Geology | |
| Sediment Trap | A ceramic tile is attached to the marsh surface using PVC pipe in order to sample marsh sedimentation | Geology | |
| Water Level Recorder | A Solinst waterlevel logger | Benchmarks | |
| Other | --- | --- | --- |
| Choke Ring Antenna | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | No data was collected |
