Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Coastal Sediment Availability and Flux - CSAF (GX.25.MN00.M0Y60.00)
Principal Investigator(s): Daniel Ciarletta, Jennifer Miselis
Affiliate Investigator(s): Michael Noll, USGS NYWSC Chris Schubert, USGS NYWSC
Information Specialist(s): Arnell Forde, Julie Bernier
Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Ground Penetrating Radar, Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Benchmarks, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: The study seeks to investigate the past evolution of Fire Island using computer models informed by geology from field sites, including the communities of Point O'Woods and Bellport Beach. The primary objective is to quantify rates of coastal change that occurred prior to the 20th century. To inform model simulations of Fire Island, data to be acquired in this study include ground-penetrating radar (GPR) transects to determine the structure of the subsurface, sediment cores to observe and analyze stratigraphy/sedimentology, and age control of sediments using luminescence dating techniques.
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Coram, NY
End Port/Location: Coram, NY
Start Date: 2022-04-18
End Date: 2022-04-22
Equipment Used: SP80 GNSS Receiver, Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), Digital Camera, SP90 GNSS Receiver, Other, Vibracorer
Information to be Derived: Subsurface structural features (GPR), sedimentology (cores), age control (cores), and visual geomorphology
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: *2021--On-site field work was completed by the New York Water Science Center team led by Michael Noll. In total, 4 sediment vibracores were collected; 3 from the area of Point O'Woods and 1 from Ho-Hum Beach. Ground-penetrating radar lines were similarly acquired from Ho-Hum Beach, as well as from Point O' Woods east to Sailors Haven (near Cherry Grove). Cores and GPR data were successfully returned to SPCMSC and are undergoing processing.
Staff: Julie Bernier, Daniel Ciarletta
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: *2021--Due to the ongoing pandemic, field work originally intended to be undertaken by SPCMSC personnel will be performed by USGS New York Water Science Center (NYWSC) staff using a combination of SPCMSC and NYWSC "other" equipment. St. Pete staff will act in a remote support and logistics management capacity.
(2021 original work dates: 3-22 to 4-16)
*2022--Because of pandemic constraints, some sampling initially intended for 2021 was not carried out. In April 2022, SPCMSC staff will travel to New York to complete remaining sampling using an AMS sand auger.
Location:
Fire Island, Suffolk County (Long Island), New York
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 40.824202 | South: 40.58267064 | West: -73.34472656 | East: -72.72399902 |
Platform(s):
Carolina Skiff |  on foot |
Bernier, J.C., Everhart, C.S., Ciarletta, D.J., Miselis, J.L., DeWitt, N.T., 2023, Sediment Data From Vibracores and Sand Augers Collected in 2021 and 2022 From Fire Island, New York: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P91P1T88.
Ciarletta, D.J., Miselis, J.L., Bernier, J.C., Forde, A.S., 2024, Implications for the resilience of modern coastal systems derived from mesoscale barrier dynamics at Fire Island, New York: Earth Surf. Dynam., ESurf, v. 12 no. 2, pp. 449–475, doi: 10.5194/esurf-12-449-2024.
Forde, A.S., Bernier, J.C., Ciarletta, D.J., Miselis, J.L., 2023, Ground Penetrating Radar and Global Positioning System Data Collected in 2021 From Fire Island, New York: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P97YW2UL.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| SP80 GNSS Receiver | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | |
| Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) | --- | Ground Penetrating Radar | 2021-312-FA_CoreXRays.zip (High-resolution core x-rays for 2021-312-FA sand augers (cores C5–C9 only)) 2021-312-FA_gpr_traces (Unprocessed digital GPR trace data) 2021-312-FA_profile_images (Processed, elevation-corrected subsurface profile images) 2021-312-FA_RADAN (Processed digital GPR trace data) 2021-312-FA_profile_parameters (Individual GPR profile parameters) |
| Digital Camera | --- | Photo Video | 2021-312-FA_CorePhotos (High-resolution photographs for 2021-312-FA vibracores and sand augers) |
| SP90 GNSS Receiver | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | 2021-312-FA_CoreSites (Site location information and core parameters for 2021-312-FA vibracores and sand augers) 2021-312-FA_GGA (Post-processed GPS data) 2021-312-FA_tracklines (GPR tracklines and location map ) |
| Other | --- | --- | --- |
| Vibracorer | --- | Geology | 2021-312-FA_GrainSizeData (Grain-size data including raw data, summary statistics, and summary plots for 2021-312-FA vibracore and sand-auger samples) 2021-312-FA_AgeControl.zip (Results of radiocarbon (14C) analyses from 2021-312-FA vibracore and sand-auger samples) |
