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Field Activity Details for field activity 2023-309-FA

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Other ID: Tyndall Reefense vibracoring on R/V Apalachee

Status: Pending

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): Emily Wei, Jennifer Miselis

Affiliate Investigator(s): Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; US Army Corps of Engineers

Information Specialist(s): Nancy DeWitt, Emily Wei

Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Vibracore acquisition in support of efforts to construct an artificial oyster reef.

Vehicle(s): Ford F-350 Dually Grey (GSA)

Start Port/Location: Panama City, FL

End Port/Location: Panama City, FL

Start Date: 2023-04-23

End Date: 2023-04-27

Equipment Used: Grab Sampler, Rossfelder P3-C Vibracorer, SP90 GNSS Receiver

Information to be Derived: Sediment vibracores

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Kyle Kelso, Benjamin Galbraith, Nancy DeWitt, Emily Wei

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2022-312-FA.
Personnel may change; will edit.

Location:

Panama City, FL, United States, Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico)

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Boundaries
North: 30.15676461 South: 30.01333874 West: -85.71780396 East: -85.48324585

Platform(s):

photo of Barge
Barge
photo of Apalachee
Apalachee

Publications

Wei, E.A., Randall, S., Bernier, J.C., Everhart, C.S., DeWitt, N.T., 2024, Sedimentologic Data From Vibracores Collected in 2023 From St. Andrew Bay, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P1AFJDNE.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Grab Sampler --- Biology
Geology
Rossfelder P3-C Vibracorer --- Geology
2023-309-FA_CoreSites (Site location information and parameters for 2023-309-FA vibracores)
2023-309-FA_CorePhotos (High-resolution photographs for 2023-309-FA vibracores and script file used to populate imagery headers)
2023-309-FA_GrainSizeData (Grain-size data, summary statistics, summary plots, and data dictionary for 2023-309-FA vibracore samples)
2023-309-FA_AgeControl (Results of radiocarbon (14C) analyses and data dictionary for 2023-309-FA vibracore samples )
2023-309-FA_LossOnIgnition (Results of Loss on Ignition analyses from 2023-309-FA vibracore samples)
SP90 GNSS Receiver --- Benchmarks
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