Field Activity 08CEV02

Identifier 08CEV02
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 and sediment core samples, geochemical analysis of seawater
Platform
Pelican
116'
Itinerary
Start Cocodrie, LA 2008-04-19
End Cocodrie, LA 2008-04-22
Bounds
West -92.5871
East -83.33615217
North 31.41902833
South 27.91531393
Topic 16

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Tedesco, Kathy
Crew members
Hickey, T
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Tedesco, Kathy
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Gravity Corer Geology (no data reported)
Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/Probe CTD 4
Rosette Chemistry (no data reported)
Sediment Trap Geology 17
Box Corer Biology, Geology (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
08CEV02-SA-pd-7 Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/Probe Temperature and salinity depth profiles at the trap site during 2008 Caitlin E Reynolds
08CEV02-SA-pd-8 Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/Probe Comparison of in situ and satellite-derived temperature data Caitlin E Reynolds
08CEV02-SA-pd-1 Sediment Trap Planktic foraminiferal flux and percent contribution table Caitlin E Reynolds
08CEV02-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
08CEV02-SA-pd-3 Sediment Trap Figure showing weekly percent abundance of 10 most common species/ groups of planktic foraminifers Caitlin E Reynolds
08CEV02-SA-pd-4 Sediment Trap Average daily fluxes of total mass, Organic Carbon (orgC), Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3), Opal, Terrinegous (Terrig), and Nitrogen (Nitro) Caitlin E Reynolds

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
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
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

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity