Understand the geologic evolution of the coast and inner cont. shelf
and aid in coastal management. By investigating the subsurface sediment facies
present on the shelf and determine the relationship among facies and with the
underlying carbonate platform.
Location
West-central Florida shelf; Anclote Key (north) and Venice Inlet to the, Florida to 30 km offshore., Florida
Summary
123 cores collected and analyzed from Oct. 1994 to Sept. 1997 47 cores
were collected in association with the USGS section of the project for 1995.
Info derived
Grain size, calcium carbonate content and total organic content for all
cores. Select samples mineralogy by XRD analysis and age dating by carbon 14 or
Sr-isotope ratio.
