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    "tag": 19189,
    "title": "Sedimentologic Data from Point aux Chenes Marsh and Estuary, Mississippi (21CCT02)",
    "pubdate": "20250624",
    "sername": null,
    "series_name": null,
    "issue": null,
    "publish": null,
    "publisher_name": null,
    "onlink": "https:\/\/cmgds.marine.usgs.gov\/catalog\/spcmsc\/21CCT02-GB_metadata.faq.html",
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    "descript": "Sediment samples, including marsh and estuarine surface samples and marsh push and peat-auger cores, were collected from Point aux Chenes, Mississippi from October 23-26, 2018, and August 4, 2021. Marsh surface samples (top 1 centimeter (cm) of sediment; sample names appended with S), marsh push cores (core names appended with M) and peat-auger cores (core names appended with R) were collected along 50-meter (m), shore perpendicular, transects identified as sites 5, 6, 7, and 9. All samples in the dataset are referred to by alternate field activity number (FAN) 18CCT09 (FAN 2018-358-FA) and alternate FAN 21CCT02 (FAN 2021-320-FA). Estuarine Ponar grab samples (sample names appended with G), marsh surface samples, and push cores were collected and brought back for sedimentological analyses including dry bulk density, organic content, grain-size (for the development of a sedimentological baseline), and gamma spectroscopy (for the development of geochronologies). Peat augers were collected, described for depth to peat, and discarded in the field. Marsh and estuarine surface and core sediment samples were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center's (SPCMSC) to study how and where short- and long-term marsh and estuarine coastal process interact in order to identify and evaluate geologic and geomorphic variables influences on marshes and their resiliency under different storm and sea-level scenarios, determine marsh-upland boundary change rates, and sediment accumulation and erosion rates. Note: This data release was revised with additional data. Please see the data release webpage for more details.",
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    "originator": [
        {
            "name": "Ellis, Alisha M.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Smith, Christopher G.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Vargas, Joseph M.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Everhart, Cheyenne S.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Terrano, Joseph F.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Smith, Kathryn E. L.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Griffiths, Jonathan P.",
            "role": "Author"
        }
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            "code": "2063",
            "name": "augering",
            "scope": "Use of a device with rotating blades and possibly helical flanges to dig holes in unconsolidated material for subsurface sampling."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "1714",
            "name": "bulk density",
            "scope": "Overall density of an unconsolidated earth material."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "212",
            "name": "core analysis",
            "scope": "Study of the composition and layers of cylindrical samples of rocks, trees, ice, and other materials extracted by drilling into a mass. Intended for broad use for the analysis of all types of core samples. The combination of this term with other terms will convey the context of the activity."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "379",
            "name": "field sampling",
            "scope": "Collecting pieces or specimens or making measurements or observations at determined intervals or areas.  Results may be used as representative of the whole research area or population."
        },
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            "code": "493",
            "name": "grain-size analysis",
            "scope": "Method of studying soils, sediments, sands, or rock by determining the size, distribution, and proportion of selected particles."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "1369",
            "name": "porosity",
            "scope": "The proportion of open space in a rock or unconsolidated material."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "2064",
            "name": "push coring",
            "scope": "Use of a small, hand-held tube pressed into unconsolidated material for sampling."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "1701",
            "name": "radioactivity",
            "scope": "Release of subatomic particles from earth materials.  Generally the energy of these particles is used to determine the chemical elements present."
        },
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            "code": "1005",
            "name": "rocks and deposits",
            "scope": "Solid masses that make up the earth's crust as well as accumulations of materials. Use for major rock types and unconsolidated deposits. For deposits of economic value, see related terms."
        },
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            "code": "1199",
            "name": "unconsolidated deposits",
            "scope": "Loosely bound sediments such as sand, gravel, and silt which tend to accumulate in low areas or valleys."
        },
        {
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            "code": "1326",
            "name": "wetland ecosystems",
            "scope": "Ecosystems whose soil is saturated for long periods seasonally or continuously, including marshes, swamps, and ephemeral ponds.  More detailed terms for wetlands can be selected from the FGDC Wetland Classification <http:\/\/fgdc.gov\/standards\/status\/sub3_4.html>."
        },
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            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "002",
            "name": "biota",
            "scope": "Flora or fauna in natural environment, for example wildlife, vegetation, biological sciences, ecology, wilderness, sea life, wetlands, habitat, biological resources"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "006",
            "name": "elevation",
            "scope": "Height above or below sea level, for example altitude, bathymetry, digital elevation models, slope, derived products, DEMs, TINs"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "007",
            "name": "environment",
            "scope": "Environmental resources, protection and conservation, for example environmental pollution, waste storage and treatment, environmental impact assessment, monitoring environmental risk, nature reserves, landscape, water quality, air quality, environmental modeling"
        },
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            "code": "008",
            "name": "geoscientificInformation",
            "scope": "Information pertaining to earth sciences, for example geophysical features and processes, geology, minerals, sciences dealing with the composition, structure and origin of the earth's rocks, risks of earthquakes, volcanic activity, landslides, gravity information, soils, permafrost, hydrogeology, groundwater, erosion"
        },
        {
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            "code": "013",
            "name": "location",
            "scope": "Positional information and services, for example addresses, geodetic networks, geodetic control points, postal zones and services, place names, geographic names"
        }
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