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Field Activity Details for field activity 2017-363-FA

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Other ID: 17CCT05

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): Kathryn Smith

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Jessica Jacobs, Chelsea Stalk

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Tide, Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Benchmarks, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect sediment traps at erosion monitoring sites and peat cores within Grand Bay marshes.

Vehicle(s): Chevy Suburban Silver

Start Port/Location: St Petersburg, FL

End Port/Location: St Petersburg, FL

Start Date: 2017-10-17

End Date: 2017-10-19

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

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

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Retrieved 12 sediment plates and a water level logger, and collected 8 peat cores for post-Hurricane Nate assessment.

Staff: Jessica Jacobs

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Grand Bay, MS

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

Platform(s):


Other

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.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Choke Ring Antenna --- Benchmarks
Navigation
No data was collected
Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Digital Camera --- Photo
Video
Water Level Recorder --- Benchmarks
Other --- --- ---
Peat Corer --- Biology
Geology
Other --- --- ---

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