Field Activity 1976-300-FA

Identifier 1976-300-FA
Purpose To collect coral cores throughout the Florida Keys Reef to determine its internal anatomy and age
Location Key West. FL (Dry Tortugas, Lower Keys, Upper Keys, and Biscayne)
Summary Collected 29 coral cores to determine its internal anatomy and age
Info derived lithologic description, age
Itinerary
Start Key West, Florida 1976-07-01
End Key West, Florida 1976-09-11
Bounds
West -82.863464
East -80.1267
North 25.2218
South 24.624794

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Lauren T Toth
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Eugene Shinn (USGS SPCMSC), Harold Hudson (USGS SPCMSC)

Data types and categories

Data category: Sampling
Data type: Geology

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Survey Equipment Description
1976-300-FA field log Hydraulic Coring Drill Scan of field notebook

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Hydraulic Coring Drill Geology 2

Datasets


Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Late_Pleistocene_coral_data_ from_south_Florida Hydraulic Coring Drill U-series and descriptive data for late Pleistocene corals from the Florida Keys Lauren T Toth
Mid-to-late_Holocene_SrCa_ LinExt_18O Hydraulic Coring Drill Sr/Ca, linear extension rates, and paired Sr/Ca and oxygen isotope data Jessica A. Jacobs

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity