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Field Activity Details for field activity 2023-314-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Pending

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

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Principal Investigator(s): Mark Buckley, Michael Itzkin

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Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Sediment Properties, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect moisture probe data and sediment samples (for size distribution) for numerical model inputs and validation.

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Start Port/Location: Madeira Beach, FL

End Port/Location: Madeira Beach, FL

Start Date: 2023-03-17

End Date: 2023-12-31

Equipment Used: Grab Sampler

Information to be Derived: Grain size distribution and moisture data.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected grab samples of sand from across a transect (swash zone, beach, dune tow).

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Location:

Madeira Beach, FL

Boundaries
North: 27.80082112 South: 27.79287163 West: -82.80246245 East: -82.79260304

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Grab Sampler --- Biology
Geology

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