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

Field Activity 09WCC01

Identifier 09WCC01
Purpose Feasibility study to address wetland change affected by flooding through subsidence, sea-level rise, and storm impact on the Chenier plain.
Location Grand Chenier, LA
Summary Push and peat cores were collected at nine sites located within the saline and brackish marsh.
Info derived X-radiographs, grain size, paleontological (diatoms, forams), bulk density, organic matter
Comments D. Wagner & J. Sanford created a chilled transport storage device. Additional equipment: YSI Model 30 conductivity meter.
Platform
Airboat
Per OPS Manager, platform was transferred to the Gainesville office around 2016.
Itinerary
Start Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, LA 2009-04-29
End Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, LA 2009-04-30
Bounds
West -92.61371613
East -92.5656
North 29.64118574
South 29.5731405
Topic 80
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators James G Flocks
Crew members
Sanford, Jordan
Scientist, Staff

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Sampling
Data type: Conductivity, Biology, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Peat Corer Biology, Geology (no data reported)
YSI Model 30 conductivity meter Conductivity (no data reported)
Push Corer Geology 8

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
09WCC01-SA-pd-1 Push Corer X-rays Kathryn Smith
09WCC01-SA-pd-2 Push Corer Sediment properties - Bulk density Kathryn Smith
09WCC01-SA-pd-3 Push Corer Radiometric dating (Pb-210, Cs-137) Kathryn Smith
09WCC01-SA-pd-4 Push Corer Sediment properties - Organic matter (loss-on-ignition) Kathryn Smith
09WCC01-SA-pd-5 Push Corer Sediment properties - Grain size (percent sand, silt, clay) Kathryn Smith
09WCC01-SA-pd-6 Push Corer Core description sheets Kathryn Smith
09WCC01-SA-pd-7 Push Corer Diatoms Kathryn Smith
09WCC01-SA-pd-8 Push Corer Sediment core site properties Kathryn Smith

Publications

Smith, K.E.L.; Flocks, J.G.; Steyer, G.D.; Piazza, S.C., 2015, Wetland Paleoecological Study of Southwest Coastal Louisiana: Sediment Cores and Diatom Calibration Dataset: , https://doi.org/10.3133/ds877.