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

Field Activity 2021-672-FA

Identifier 2021-672-FA
Purpose Quantify land-based sources, transport, and fate of sediment, organic matter, and contaminants over present and past time scales.
Location US Virgin Islands
Summary Soil/sediment, organic matter, and dissolved samples collected from Salt River watershed on St. Croix and from USVI landfills.
Info derived Sediment chemical and radionuclide compositions, organic matter stable isotope and biomarker compositions, contaminant levels and assemblages in soil, sediment, and water.
Projects
Platform
Other
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start Christiansted, USVI 2021-06-14
End Christiansted, USVI 2026-09-30
Days in the field 30
Bounds
West -65.1155089
East -64.52819821
North 18.41621046
South 17.62526296

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Renee K Takesue
Crew members
Pamela L Swarzenski
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Renee K Takesue
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Handheld GPS 2 Navigation (no data reported)
water bottle Surveys (biological), Biology, Chemistry (no data reported)
Semipermeable Membrane Device (SPMD) Chemistry, Geology (no data reported)
Ponar grab sampler Biology, Chemistry, Geology (no data reported)
Hand-grab sample Biology, Chemistry, Geology (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity