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Field Activity Details for field activity 97SCC01

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Other ID: G-1-97-LA

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, University of New Orleans, Louisiana State University

Funding Program(s): Other (Other)

Principal Investigator(s): Jack Kindinger

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Lake Pontchartrain Geologic Framework and Coastal Processes study was to analyze environmental change focusing on evaluating environmental conditions, sediment quality, coastal processes and geomorphology.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: New Orleans

End Port/Location: New Orleans

Start Date: 1997-07-13

End Date: 1997-07-20

Equipment Used: GPS , Vibracorer

Information to be Derived: Vibracores used to derive high-resolution sedimentation patterns post Pleistocene geologic framework.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Summary and evaluation of data is reference in http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of98-805/html/flocks.htm

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: These FACS logs were generated by Chandra Dreher in June of 2003, using
the handwritten logbooks and personal accounts of the scientist and crew
members. Samples are stored in PON96 at the University of New Orleans, New
Orleans, LA (for further information, contact Phil McCarty, pmccarty@uno.edu).

Location:

Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana (North Beach, Old Pearl River, Lake Borgne, and West Middle River, LA), Louisiana

Boundaries
North: 30.44341233 South: 29.92982733 West: -90.5442 East: -89.65431555

Platform(s):

photo of G.K. Gilbert
G.K. Gilbert

Publications

Flocks, J.G., 1999, New field sampling techniques and data description: In: Manheim, F.T., Hayes, L. (Eds.). Lake Pontchartrain Basin: Bottom sediments and related environmental resources, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1634, Woods Hole, MA, online only p., URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1634/.

Manheim, F.T., 1998, Lake Pontchartrain Basin, bottom sediments and regional scientific and educational resources: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-805, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr98805.

Manheim, F.T., Hayes, L., 2002, Lake Pontchartrain Basin: bottom sediments and related environmental resources: U.S. Geological Survey , Reston, VA, https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1634.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GPS --- Navigation
Vibracorer --- Geology

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