Other ID: none
Status: Pending
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Interconnected Coastal Environments at Decadal Timescales - ICED-T (GX.26.MN00.VC001.00)
Principal Investigator(s): Daniel Ciarletta
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Julie Bernier
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Environmental Data: Sediment Properties, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect lithological and sediment volume information from hurricane washover deposits to inform geomorphic modeling.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Sanibel, Florida
End Port/Location: Naples, Florida
Start Date: 2024-12-17
End Date: 2024-12-20
Equipment Used: SP80 GNSS Receiver, Push Corer, Vibracorer
Information to be Derived: Grain size, location/thickness of washover deposits
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Nancy Dewitt, Daniel Ciarletta, Julie Bernier
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Platforms (Honda SxS 700-4 UTVand UTV Trailer) and vehicle (Forde F-250 Stone Grey) will need to be requested for each site visit.
Location:
Beach, dune, and backbarrier environments of Siesta Key, Sanibel Island, Fort Myers Beach, Lovers Key, and Naples
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 27.26862364 | South: 26.14857384 | West: -82.55526601 | East: -81.79794088 |
Platform(s):
Ciarletta, D.J., Smullen, B.F., Williams, B.N., Johnson, E.L., DeWitt, N.T., 2026, Sediment Data From Cores Collected in 2025 at Midnight Pass, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P1CQ6QRR.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| SP80 GNSS Receiver | Used to navigate to sites | Benchmarks Navigation | No data was collected |
| Push Corer | --- | Geology | No data was collected |
| Vibracorer | --- | Geology | 2024-330-FA_MP_CorePhotos (Composite photographs for the seven cores at Midnight Pass in 2025) 2024-330-FA_MP_GrainSizeData (Grain-size data including raw data, summary statistics, and summary plots for core samples. Accompanied by a data dictionary describing the dataset’s attributes ) 2024-330-FA_MP_CoreLogs (Descriptive core logs for the seven cores at Midnight Pass in 2025) |
