Field Activity Details for field activity 96SSF01

Other ID: G-1-96-FL

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, University of South Florida

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Affiliate Investigator(s): Guy Gelfenbaum

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Understand the geologic evolution of the coast and inner continental shelf and by investigating the subsurface sediment facies present on the underlying carbonate platform.

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Start Port/Location: Tampa Bay, FL

End Port/Location: Tampa Bay, FL

Start Date: 1996-01-01

End Date: 1996-01-01

Equipment Used: Vibracorer, GPS

Information to be Derived: Grain size, calcium carbonate conetent and total organic content for all cores. Select smaples mineralogy by XRD analysis and age dating by carbon 14 or Sr-isotope ratio.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 123 cores collected and analyzed from Oct. 1994 to Sept. 1997. 20 cores collected in association with the USGS 1996 portion of the project.

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Notes: Part of a project which began in October 1994 and ended in September
1997.

Location:

West-Central Florida Shelf; Anclote Key (North) and Venice Inlet to the South, up to 30 km offshore., Florida

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