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 | |||
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North: 30.44341233 | South: 29.92982733 | West: -90.5442 | East: -89.65431555 |
Platform(s):
G.K. Gilbert |
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.
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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GPS | --- | Navigation | |
Vibracorer | --- | Geology |