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Field Activity Details for field activity 2017-325-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Sea Level and Subsidence (GX.21.MN00.EQ540.00)

Principal Investigator(s): Lauren Toth

Affiliate Investigator(s): William Precht and Martha Robbart (Dial Cordy, Assoc.)

Information Specialist(s): Lauren Toth

Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collecting coral framework samples (hand collection) from dredging outcrop exposure.

Vehicle(s): Chevy HHR - Blue

Start Port/Location: Saint Petersburg, Florida

End Port/Location: Miami Beach , Florida

Start Date: 2017-05-08

End Date: 2017-05-09

Equipment Used: Hand grab sampling

Information to be Derived: Evaluation of early Holocene sea-level changes on the Florida platform.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 30 Holocene coral samples from the dredge exposure

Staff: Lauren Toth

Affiliate Staff:

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Location:

Government Cut/Miami Beach

Boundaries
North: 25.86509337 South: 25.26417811 West: -80.4666 East: -80.00653076

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Publications

Toth, L.T., Precht, W.F., Modys, A.B., Stathakopoulos, A., 2020, Radiometric ages and descriptive data for Holocene corals from southeast Florida: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9Z21NMU.

Toth, L.T., Precht, W.F., Modys, A.B., Stathakopoulos, A., Robbart, M.L., Hudson, J.H., Oleinik, A.E., Riegl, B.M., Shinn, E.A., Aronson, R.B., 2021, Climate and the latitudinal limits of subtropical reef development: Scientific Reports, Sci Rep, v. 11 no. 1, 13044 p., doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-87883-8.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Hand grab sampling --- Geology
Biology
Chemistry

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