The purpose of this fieldwork is to ground truth geophysical data collected during previous research cruises.
Location
Mississippi Barrier Islands
Summary
Approximately 60-70 sediment cores will be obtained at various locations around the Mississippi barrier Island complex. These sedimentological data will help to understand the integral geomorphological properties of barrier island sustainability and natural migration.
Info derived
Ground truthing of geophysical data will include the investigation subsurface sedimentological properties using: lithostratigraphic interpretation, age dating, photographic documentation, and grain size analysis.
Comments
This cruise was originally scheduled from 08/09/2010 to 08/26/2010 but due to bad weather conditions had to be re-visited from 09/27/2010 to 10/05/2010.
