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

Field Activity 2024-330-FA

Identifier 2024-330-FA
Purpose Collect lithological and sediment volume information from hurricane washover deposits to inform geomorphic modeling.
Location Beach, dune, and backbarrier environments of Siesta Key, Sanibel Island, Fort Myers Beach, Lovers Key, and Naples
Info derived Grain size, location/thickness of washover deposits
Comments Platforms (Honda SxS 700-4 UTVand UTV Trailer) and vehicle (Forde F-250 Stone Grey) will need to be requested for each site visit.
Projects
Itinerary
Start Sanibel, Florida 2024-12-17
End Naples, Florida 2024-12-20
Activity events
Start date End date Description Account
2024-12-17 2024-12-20 Initial site visit by all crew members to collect sediment samples from Sanibel Island, Fort Myers Beach, Lovers Key and Clam Pass that will be used in geomorphic models to determine lithological and sediment volume information. Personnel: Dan Ciarletta, Julie Bernier, Nancy DeWitt
2025-04-28 2025-04-28 Post-hurricane sediment sampling at Sanibel Island and Bunche Beach, also with GPR (FGCU unit). Results will be used to help quantify storm sediment fluxes and characterize deposition in different barrier island environments. Personnel: Dan Ciarletta and Rose Palermo.
2025-06-25 2025-06-25 Demonstration of post-driver coring system and acquisition of subsurface geology from washovers associated with hurricanes Helene and Milton at Midnight Pass (Siesta Key and Casey Key). Results to inform technical paper on rapid post-storm evaluation of geomorphology. Personnel: Dan Ciarletta, Emily Johnson, Nancy DeWitt
2026-02-25 2026-03-03 Follow-up coring at Midnight Pass to evaluate landscape evolution >1 year after storms. Additional coring to take place at Milton Pass to produce a geomorphic baseline. Results from Midnight and Milton passes to be detailed in manuscript. Personnel: Dan Ciarletta, Rose Palermo, Emily Johnson, Kyle Kelso GX23MN00V02FL26
Bounds
West -82.55526601
East -81.79794088
North 27.26862364
South 26.14857384
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Daniel J Ciarletta
Crew members
Julie C Bernier
Scientist, Staff
Dewitt, Nancy
Scientist, Staff
Daniel J Ciarletta
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Julie C Bernier
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Environmental Data, Sampling
Data type: Navigation, Sediment Properties, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
SP80 GNSS Receiver Used to navigate to sites Benchmarks, Navigation 1
Push Corer Geology (no data expected)
Vibracorer Geology 3

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2024-330-FA_MP_CoreSites SP80 GNSS Receiver Site location and core collection information for the seven cores at Midnight Pass in 2025 Daniel J Ciarletta
2024-330-FA_MP_CoreLogs Vibracorer Descriptive core logs for the seven cores at Midnight Pass in 2025 Daniel J Ciarletta
2024-330-FA_MP_CorePhotos Vibracorer Composite photographs for the seven cores at Midnight Pass in 2025 Daniel J Ciarletta
2024-330-FA_MP_GrainSizeData Vibracorer Grain-size data including raw data, summary statistics, and summary plots for core samples. Accompanied by a data dictionary describing the dataset’s attributes Daniel J Ciarletta

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity