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

Field Activity 09CGS02

Identifier 09CGS02
Purpose To obtain coral cores that will be used to develop proxy records of coral growth, calcification, and historical surface ocean pH and aragonite saturation.
Location La Parguera, Puerto Rico
Summary Field activity has not occurred yet.
Info derived Coral growth, coral calcification, coral skeletal d11B measurements.
Comments Shop Activities and Time: Hydraulic motor servicing (3 hours), Construction of shipping crate for drill (2 hours), Fabrication of extension bars for pneumatic drill (4 hours)
Platform
19-ft Caribbean Special
Itinerary
Start La Parguera, Puerto Rico 2009-07-14
End La Parguera, Puerto Rico 2009-07-23
Bounds
West -67.1261
East -66.91887048
North 18.01579362
South 17.87070293
Topic 17
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Moyer, Ryan
Crew members
Nathan A Smiley
Scientist, Staff
Sanford, Jordan
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Moyer, Ryan
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Sampling
Data type: Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Hydraulic Coring Drill Geology (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity