Field Activity 2017-671-FA

Identifier 2017-671-FA
Purpose To provide age constraints on iceberg scour events.
Location South Carolina, United States, Atlantic Ocean
Summary NSF funded; cores will have to be archived at an NSF-funded repository -- likely Oregon State or WHOI.
Info derived Grain Size, 14C ages, 18O stratigraphy
Comments We will be using the Oregon State Univ. coring equipment with their "Big Bertha" rig -- it is essentially a piston core system rigged as a gravity core system. Collaborative NSF-funded project with Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC.
Projects
Platform
Hugh R. Sharp
Length 146 feet/ beam 32 feet.
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start Lewes, DE 2017-08-15
End Lewes, DE 2017-08-22
Days in the field 8
Bounds
West -78.77197266
East -77.7447161
North 33.01960326
South 32.34954875

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Hill, Jenna
Crew members
Hill, Jenna
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Hill, Jenna
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sampling, Seismics
Data type: Navigation, Geology, Sub Bottom Profiler

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
navigation Navigation (no data reported)
gravitycore Geology (no data reported)
512 chirp-source Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
512 chirp Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity