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Field Activity Details for field activity 1978-029-FA

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Other ID: 66

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): James S. Booth

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Sediment Properties

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Determine the bearing capacity of calcarenites in various environments and under differing energy regimes; measure current velocities for analysis of sediment scour susceptibility.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 1978-09-18

End Date: 1978-09-25

Equipment Used: In-situ Cone Penetrometer

Information to be Derived: Grain size analysis;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Samples: 21.

Staff: James S. Booth, Ronald C. Circe, Richard Farrow

Affiliate Staff:
Quenton Dokken

Notes: Original Center People field contained: USGS-Corpus Christi: Jim Booth - Ch. Sci., Ronald C. Circe, Quenton Dokken, Richard Farrow, Jack Kindinger.

Location:

Key Largo, Florida Keys, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 25.3 South: 25 West: -80.7 East: -80.25

Platform(s):


Sea Angel

Publications

Booth, J.S., Farrow, R.A., Wiley, G.N., and Circe, R.C., 1982, Determination and analysis of bearing capacity of calcarenites off the Florida Keys: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-309, 17 p., URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr82309.

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Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Minimal cruise report including personnel and number of samples collected.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
In-situ Cone Penetrometer --- Sediment Properties

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