Other ID: G-1-93-FL
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, University of South Florida
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s):
Affiliate Investigator(s): Guy Gelfenbaum
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Understand the geologic evolution of the coast and inner cont. shelf and aid in coastal management. By investigating the subsurface sediment facies present on the shelf and determine the relationship among facies and with the underlying carbonate platform.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Tampa Bay, FL
End Port/Location: Tampa Bay, FL
Start Date: 1993-01-01
End Date: 1993-01-01
Equipment Used: Vibracorer, GPS
Information to be Derived: Grain size, calcium carbonate content and total organic content for all cores. Select samples mineralogy by XRD analysis and age dating by carbon 14 or Sr-isotope ratio.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 11 cores collected and analyzed under West Florida section of project.
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
Anclote Key (north) and Venice Inlet to the, Florida to 30 km offshore., Florida
Boundaries | |||
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North: 27.66739474 | South: 27.46945882 | West: -82.89778948 | East: -82.22956002 |
Platform(s):
G.K. Gilbert |
Brooks, G.R., Doyle, L.J., Suthard, B.C., DeWitt, N.T., 1999, Inner west-central Florida continental shelf: Sedimentary facies and facies associations: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-796, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr98796.
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Vibracorer | --- | Geology | Core descriptions |
GPS | --- | Navigation |