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Field Activity Details for field activity 2017-333-FA

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Other ID: 17CCT03

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): Joseph Terrano

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Tide, 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):

Start Port/Location: St Petersburg, FL

End Port/Location: St Petersburg, FL

Start Date: 2017-07-20

End Date: 2017-07-26

Equipment Used: Other, Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS, Choke Ring Antenna, Water Level Recorder, Other

Information to be Derived: Marsh surface elevation, water level readings, sediment plates, surface sediment samples

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Sediment tracers and traps were deployed at the sites successfully.

Staff: Nicole Khan, Kathryn Smith, Chelsea Stalk, Joseph Terrano

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Grand Bay, MS

Boundaries
North: 30.43683405 South: 30.33391864 West: -88.4564209 East: -88.36181641

Platform(s):


FWS SeaArk Jon Boat

Publications

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.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Other --- --- ---
Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Choke Ring Antenna --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Water Level Recorder --- Benchmarks
Other --- --- ---

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