Other ID: 20CCT02
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Estuary and Marsh Geology - EMRG (Geomorphology) (GX.25.MN00.M1D20.00)
Principal Investigator(s): Kathryn Smith
Affiliate Investigator(s): Jonathan Pitchford - Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Information Specialist(s): Isabelle Atchia
Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To assess Hurricane Delta marsh deposition.
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Grand Bay, Mississippi
End Port/Location: Grand Bay, Mississippi
Start Date: 2020-10-15
End Date: 2020-10-15
Equipment Used: Other
Information to be Derived: Grain size, LOI, diatoms, and sediment volume deposited as a result of Hurricane Delta.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 24 sediment tiles
Staff: Isabelle Atchia, Joseph Vargas
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 20CCT01
Location:
Mississippi Grand Bay-Point aux Chenes marsh
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 30.43594601 | South: 30.30605171 | West: -88.50191116 | East: -88.30133289 |
Platform(s):
Other |
Smith, K.E.L., Pitchford, J.L., Sparks, E.L., Archer, M.J., Virden, M.F., Terrano, J.F., Smith, C.G., 2025, Evaluating the Influence of Constructed Subtidal Reefs on Marsh Shoreline Erosion, Sediment Deposition, and Wave Energy: Estuaries and Coasts, v. 48 no. 5, 128 p., doi: 10.1007/s12237-025-01564-7.
Terrano, J.F., Ellis, A.M., Smith, K.E.L., Pitchford, J., Archer, M., Vargas, J.M., Griffiths, J.P., Randall, S.M., Virden, M., Everhart, C.S., and Sparks, E., 2025, Shore proximal marsh sediment deposition and ancillary data from Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Mississippi, from October 2020 to January 2023: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P13VT3ET.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | --- | --- | --- |
