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

Field Activity 2020-317-FA

Identifier 2020-317-FA
Purpose Collect vertical radon and radium distribution data in Gulf of Mexico blue holes.
Location Gulf of Mexico departing from Sarasota, FL
Summary Site visit completed; Radon and Radium data acquired.
Info derived Radon, Radium
Comments This fieldwork is a collaboration with colleague, Jim Culter, at Mote Marine Laboratory. USGS staff will not participate in sample collection due to covid concerns. All samples will be collected by Mote scientists. Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2019-357-FA
Projects
Platform
Other
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start St. Petersburg, Florida 2020-08-24
End St. Petersburg, Florida 2020-09-05
Days in the field 0
Bounds
West -83.32580566
East -83.07312012
North 27.47416122
South 27.2839256

Personnel

Organization
1600 Ken Thompson Pkwy
Sarasota, FL34236
(941) 388-4441
Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Christopher G Smith
Crew members
Joseph M Vargas
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Joseph M Vargas
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Jim Culter

Data types and categories

Data category: Sampling
Data type: Chemistry

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Water Sampler Chemistry 1
Other Unknown, Geology, Biology, Chemistry (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
WFS_Radioisotope_Study Water Sampler Data file containing Ra-223, -224, and -226 activities, data file containing Rn-222 activities and accompanying data dictionaries, study map area Christopher G Smith

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity