Field Activity 10CEV01

Identifier 10CEV01
Purpose Calibrate sediment proxies during a sediment trap experiment to reconstruct Holocene climate variability in the northern Gulf of Mexico
Location Northern Gulf of Mexico
Summary This project seeks to reconstruct Holocene climate variability in the northern Gulf of Mexico by calibrating faunal, isotopic and geochemical proxy records from deep-sea sediments using sediment trap material and concurrent hydrographic and climatological measurements
Info derived Faunal, geochemical and isotopic data from sediment trap, geochemical analysis of seawater
Platform
Pelican
116'
Itinerary
Start Cocodrie, LA 2010-03-07
End Cocodrie, LA 2010-03-11
Bounds
West -92.4496
East -82.12738246
North 31.54265346
South 27.65037431
Topic 16

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Richard Z Poore
Crew members
Hickey, T
Scientist, Staff
Christopher D Reich
Scientist, Staff
Spear, Jessica
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Christopher D Reich
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Sampling
Data type: CTD, Chemistry, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Sediment Trap Geology 22
Rosette Chemistry (no data reported)
Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/Probe CTD 4

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
10CEV01-SA-pd-1 Sediment Trap Planktic foraminiferal flux and percent contribution table Caitlin E Reynolds
10CEV01-SA-pd-2 Sediment Trap Figure showing average daily flux of 7-14 day-long sampling intervals of planktic foraminifers and 10 most abundant species/groups Caitlin E Reynolds
10CEV01-SA-pd-3 Sediment Trap Figure showing weekly percent abundance of 10 most common species/ groups of planktic foraminifers Caitlin E Reynolds
10CEV01-SA-pd-4 Sediment Trap Average daily fluxes of total mass, Organic Carbon (orgC), Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) Caitlin E Reynolds
10CEV01-SA-pd-10 Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/Probe Salinity depth profiles of World Ocean Atlas 2009 climatology and CTD casts for sediment trap collected in situ Caitlin E Reynolds
10CEV01-SA-pd-9 Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/Probe Temperature depth profiles of World Ocean Atlas 2009 climatology and CTD casts for sediment trap collected in situ Caitlin E Reynolds

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Non-Encrusted_Gtrunc_Reproducibility Sediment Trap LA-ICP-MS replicate chamber study on non-encrusted G. truncatulinoides Julie N Richey
Encrusted_Gtrunc_Reproducibility Sediment Trap LA-ICP-MS replicate chamber study on encrusted G. truncatulinoides Julie N Richey
Solution_Geochemistry Sediment Trap Solution based Ba/Ca on multiple planktic foraminifer species Julie N Richey
Non-Encrusted_AVG_Gtrunc_Geochemistry Sediment Trap Weighted Mg/Ca, Ba/Ca, Mn/Ca, and Sr/Ca for non-encrusted G. truncatulinoides Julie N Richey
Encrusted_AVG_Gtrunc_Geochemistry Sediment Trap Weighted homogenous zone Mg/Ca, Ba/Ca, Mn/Ca, and Sr/Ca for encrusted G. truncatulinoides Julie N Richey
Mean_Orbulina_Geochemistry Sediment Trap Raw and calculated O. universa geochemistry Julie N Richey
All_Gtrunc_Geochemistry Sediment Trap Raw LA-ICP-MS G. truncatulinoides geochemistry Julie N Richey
G_ruber_Flux Sediment Trap G. ruber flux, count, percent Julie N Richey
G_ruber_Isotopes Sediment Trap δ18O and δ13C Julie N Richey
G_ruber_MgCa Sediment Trap Mg/Ca Julie N Richey
Down_Core_G_ruber_geochem Sediment Trap δ18O and δ13C Julie N Richey
Entire_Water_Column_d18O-salinity Sediment Trap δ18O, Salinity Julie N Richey
Mixed_Layer_d18O-salinity Sediment Trap δ18O, Salinity Julie N Richey
Isotopes Sediment Trap δ18O and δ13C Caitlin E Reynolds
Mg_Ca_Compiled_all Sediment Trap Laser ablation (LA-ICP-MS) Mg and Ca values for every measurement on each individual foraminifera Caitlin E Reynolds
Mg_Ca_Compiled_averages Sediment Trap Laser ablation (LA-ICP-MS) Mg and Ca values for every measurement averaged for each chamber on each individual foraminifera Caitlin E Reynolds
Raw_Counts_and_Flux_Data Sediment Trap G. truncatulinoides raw counts and flux Caitlin E Reynolds
2010_2014_Sediment_Trap_Biomarkers Sediment Trap GDGT and alkenone flux Julie N Richey
Carbonate_Chem Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/Probe TCO2, Temp, Salinity, TA Julie N Richey
CTD_data Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/Probe Depth, Temp, Salinity, Oxygen Julie N Richey

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity