1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 2014-323-FA

Identifier 2014-323-FA
Alternate names 14CCT01
Purpose To collect sediment cores and geophysical data to assess marsh history.
Location Grand Bay, AL/MS and Pascaguola, MS
Info derived core descriptons, bulk density, LOI, Pb-210, Cs-137, foram assemblages, GPR data
Comments Sediment Samples are staged to be archived and are on the East Wall of the Sed Lab as of July 18th, 2018.
Projects
Platform
Mako (SP)
17' Mako
Vehicles
Ford F-350 Dually - Silver (GSA)
Itinerary
Start St. Petersburg, FL 2014-09-14
End St. Petersburg, FL 2014-09-21
Bounds
West -88.5373
East -88.30902148
North 30.42732018
South 30.2790872
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Christopher G SmithTerrence A McCloskey
Crew members
Charles S Adams
Scientist, Staff
Nancy T DeWitt
Scientist, Staff
Christopher G Smith
Scientist, Staff
Christian Haller
Scientist, Staff
Terrence A McCloskey
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Nancy T DeWitt
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type: Navigation, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GPS Navigation 2
Bottom Grab Sampler Biology, Geology (no data reported)
Grab Sampler Biology, Geology 11
Peat Corer Biology, Geology (no data reported)
Push Corer Geology 2
Surface grab sampler Biology, Geology (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
MS_AL_Cores_XYZ GPS Processed coordinate and elevation data Christopher G Smith
MS_AL_XYZ GPS Processed coordinate and elevation data Christopher G Smith
GrandBay_ValidationPeriod_ Wave_WaterLevel Grab Sampler Time series waves and water levels Robert L Jenkins
SL0_R0_1thru18_SSC Grab Sampler Time varying, hourly, suspended sediment concentrations (SSC) in model domain for sea level condition 0 and restoration alternative 0 scenario as forced by 18 climatological wind and wave forcing conditions Robert L Jenkins
SL0_R1_1thru18_SSC Grab Sampler Time varying, hourly, suspended sediment concentrations (SSC) in model domain for sea level condition 0 and restoration alternative 1 scenario as forced by 18 climatological wind and wave forcing conditions Robert L Jenkins
SL0_R2_1thru18_SSC Grab Sampler Time varying, hourly, suspended sediment concentrations (SSC) in model domain for sea level condition 0 and restoration alternative 2 scenario as forced by 18 climatological wind and wave forcing conditions Robert L Jenkins
SL1_R0_1thru18_SSC Grab Sampler Time varying, hourly, suspended sediment concentrations (SSC) in model domain for sea level condition 1 and restoration alternative 0 scenario as forced by 18 climatological wind and wave forcing conditions Robert L Jenkins
SL1_R1_1thru18_SSC Grab Sampler Time varying, hourly, suspended sediment concentrations (SSC) in model domain for sea level condition 1 and restoration alternative 1 scenario as forced by 18 climatological wind and wave forcing conditions Robert L Jenkins
SL1_R2_1thru18_SSC Grab Sampler Time varying, hourly, suspended sediment concentrations (SSC) in model domain for sea level condition 1 and restoration alternative 2 scenario as forced by 18 climatological wind and wave forcing conditions Robert L Jenkins
AllScenarios_AllBins_ CrossSectionFluxes Grab Sampler Time varying sediment fluxes across observational transects for two sea level condition and three restoration scenarios Robert L Jenkins
AllScenarios_AllBins_ FlowOutput Grab Sampler Time and space varying flow velocities vector components for two sea level condition and three restoration scenarios Robert L Jenkins
AllScenarios_AllBins_ WaveOutput Grab Sampler Time and space varying characteristic wave variables for two sea level condition and three restoration scenarios Robert L Jenkins
AllScenarios_Initial_ Final_BedLevels Grab Sampler Initial and final bed levels produced by model processes for two sea level condition and three restoration scenarios Robert L Jenkins
MS_AL_Cores_Foram_CENSUS Push Corer Count of benthic foraminiferal assemblages Christopher G Smith
MS_AL_Benthic_Foram_CENSUS Push Corer Count of foraminiferal assemblages Christopher G Smith

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity