Field Activity 2015-037-FA

Identifier 2015-037-FA
Purpose groundwater seepage measurements, benthic chemical fluxes
Location Guinea Creek tributary, Rehoboth Bay, Delmarva Peninsula, Delaware, United States
Summary benthic chemical fluxes, advective chemical fluxes based on conservative mixing, submarine groundwater discharge rates
Info derived chemistry sampling and groundwater flow measurements
Comments Used USGS pick-up truck. Sampling equipment also included ultrasonic flow sensor. This FAN was assigned after the field work was completed.
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 2015-06-06
End Woods Hole, MA 2015-06-16
Days in the field 10
Bounds
West -75.2083
East -75.13013034
North 38.66875819
South 38.62623333

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Kevin D KroegerThomas W Brooks
Crew members
Kevin D Kroeger
Scientist, Staff
Thomas W Brooks
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Thomas W Brooks
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Joanna York, University of Delaware Dan Torre, University of Delaware

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type: Conductivity, Depth, Dissolved Oxygen, Nutrients, ORP, pH, Navigation, Chemistry

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
YSI multiparameter sonde Conductivity, Dissolved Oxygen, ORP, pH, Temperature (no data reported)
YSI600XLM multiparameter sonde (S, T, depth) Conductivity, Depth, Temperature (no data reported)
Push Point porewater samplers Chemistry, Temperature, pH, Dissolved Oxygen, ORP, Methane, Nutrients (no data reported)
GPS - Handheld Navigation (no data reported)
Seepage meter Biology, Chemistry (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity