Field Activity 2018-634-FA

Identifier 2018-634-FA
Purpose conduct resistivity, CTD, radon and water sampling of submarine groundwater on the reefs of Faga'alu Bay
Location Faga'alu Bay, American Samoa
Summary collected discrete water samples for geochemical composition of SGD, deployed radon buoy to quantify SGD fluxes, deploy wave/tide gauge to measure oceanographic forcing and flew drone with thermal camera
Info derived rates and location of SGD and SGD composition
Projects
Platform
Other
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start Faga'alu Bay American Samoa 2018-08-06
End Faga'alu Bay American Samoa 2018-08-16
Days in the field 9
Bounds
West -170.68197862
East -170.67702808
North -14.28720527
South -14.29207832
Scuba operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Curt StorlazziNancy G ProutyFerdinand K Oberle
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Nancy G Prouty
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type: CTD, Radon, Temperature, Tide, Wave, Photo, Navigation, Chemistry

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Other Unknown, Meteorology, CTD, Temperature, pH, CO2, Radon, Conductivity, Current, Dissolved Oxygen, Turbidity, Fluorescence, Wave, ORP, Tide, Methane, Depth, Light, Nitrate, Gas Hydrates, Density, Sediment Properties, Osmometic Pressure, Chlorophyll, Nutrients, Pressure (no data reported)
YSI Conductivity, Temperature (no data reported)
RAD7 Radon 1
wave/tide gauge Tide, Wave (no data reported)
camera, GPS Photo, Navigation (no data reported)
Handheld GPS Navigation (no data reported)
Hand-grab sample Biology, Chemistry, Geology (no data reported)
water bottle Surveys (biological), Biology, Chemistry (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Near-shore seawater-column measurements of excess radon (Rn-222) and water levels RAD7 This data table includes in-situ near-shore seawater measurements of excess radon (Rn-222) and water levels collected in Faga'alu Bay, Tutuila, American Samoa. Ferdinand K Oberle

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity