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Field Activity Details for field activity 2017-334-FA

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Other ID: 17SGD04

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Coastal Aquifer Project - CAPII (GR.18.MN00.GVK11.00)

Principal Investigator(s): Christopher Smith

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Cheyenne Everhart

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Resistivity, Environmental Data: Conductivity, Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Depth, Environmental Data: Dissolved Oxygen, Environmental Data: ORP, Environmental Data: pH, Environmental Data: Radon, Environmental Data: Sediment Properties, Environmental Data: Temperature, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To map radon, water quality parameters and CRP data to better understand submarine groundwater discharge.

Vehicle(s): Ford F-350 Dually White (GSA), Chevy Suburban Silver

Start Port/Location: St.Petersburg, Florida

End Port/Location: Melbourne, Florida

Start Date: 2017-07-26

End Date: 2017-08-02

Equipment Used: Continuous Resistivity Profiler (CRP), Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/Probe, Level-loggers (LTC), Other, HOBO Water Temperature Pro V2 Data Logger, YSI Professional Plus multiparameter meter, Rad 7 Radon Detector, Garmin GPS, Grab Sampler

Information to be Derived: Will map radon concentrations using rad-7, will collect YSI data in conjunction with rad-7 data and continuous restivity profile.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 30 CRP profiles.

Staff: Cheyenne Everhart, Christopher Smith

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Indian River Lagoon

Boundaries
North: 28.28696063 South: 28.03664269 West: -80.70590973 East: -80.56095956

Platform(s):

photo of Barge
Barge

Publications

Everhart, C.S., McBride, E.C., Zaremba, N.J., Nelson, P.R., McCloskey, T.A., Smith, C.G., Flint, M.K., 2018, Radon-222 and water column data related to submarine groundwater discharge along the western margin of Indian River Lagoon, FloridaâSeptember 2016 to July 2017 (ver. 2.0, March 2018): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7QF8S05.

Forde, A.S., Smith, C.G., Zaremba, N.J., McBride, E.C., 2018, Continuous resistivity profiling, electrical resistivity tomography and hydrologic data collected in 2017 from Indian River Lagoon, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7V40TFH.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Continuous Resistivity Profiler (CRP) --- Resistivity
resistivity_CRP.zip (Continuous resistivity profiling measurements, location, and water column data collected between March and October 2017)
Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/Probe --- CTD
Level-loggers (LTC) --- CTD
Other --- --- ---
HOBO Water Temperature Pro V2 Data Logger --- Temperature
YSI Professional Plus multiparameter meter --- Conductivity
Depth
Dissolved Oxygen
Nitrate
ORP
pH
Temperature
Rad 7 Radon Detector --- Radon
Garmin GPS --- Navigation
Grab Sampler --- Biology
Geology

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