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Field Activity Details for field activity 2024-645-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: none

Status: Pending

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Other (Other), Alaska Coastal Processes and Hazards (ZP00TMU)

Principal Investigator(s): Emily Bristol, Pamela Swarzenski, Li Erikson, Peter Swarzenski

Affiliate Investigator(s): Ken Dunton; Jim McClelland (University of Texas at Austin, Woods Hole Marine Biological Lab)

Information Specialist(s): Emily Bristol

Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology, Sampling: Chemistry

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect water and sediment samples for lipid biomarker and radiocarbon measurements to better understand coastal carbon cycling.

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Utqiagvik, Alaska

End Port/Location: Utqiagvik, Alaska

Start Date: 2024-08-01

End Date: 2024-08-16

Equipment Used: Ponar grab sampler, Hand-grab sample

Information to be Derived: water and sediment samples (grain size, carbon and nitrogen content, stable and radio isotopes, and lipid biomarkers)

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Emily Bristol

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2024-640-FA.

Location:

Deadhorse and Prudhoe Bay, AK August 1-8, Kaktovik, AK August 8-16

Boundaries
North: 70.83746144 South: 69.09993967 West: -149.63378906 East: -140.44921875

Platform(s):

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Achilles inflatable

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Ponar grab sampler --- Biology
Chemistry
Geology
Hand-grab sample --- Biology
Chemistry
Geology

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