Summary Information for Field Activity 2007-008-FA

Area of Operations: Apalachicola Bay, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: May 22, 2007 to May 26, 2007

Chief scientist: Dave Twichell

USGS St. Petersburg

Objectives: Vibracoring in Apalachicola Bay to ground truth seismic data and reconstruct the late Holocene history of the bay.

Type of Activity: Sampling; Vibracoring - Rossfelder vibracorer;Vibracoring - Rossfelder vibracorer

Information to be derived: Grain size analysis;Visual core descriptions and age dates;

Summary: Twenty-four vibracores were collected from 23 different stations within Apalachicola Bay. Water depths for the stations ranged from 2.2 to 4.0 m. The core barrels were 6.1 m (20 ft) in length, and the recovered cores ranged from 2.6 m to 5.4 m.

Contact: Dave Twichell (dtwichell@usgs.gov)

InfoBank: uses the identifier G-1-07-GM. Visit this site for more information.

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Publications resulting from these data

Twichell, D.C., Pendleton, E.A., Poore, R.Z., Osterman, L.E., and Kelso, K.W.,2009, Vibracore, radiocarbon, microfossil, and grain-size data from Apalachicola Bay, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1031. (Also available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1031/)

Twichell, D., Edmiston, L., Andrews, B., Stevenson, W., Donoghue, J., Poore, R., and Osterman, L.,2010, Geologic controls on the recent evolution of oyster reefs in Apalachicola Bay and St. George Sound, Florida: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, v. 88, no. 3:385-394p.: p. 385-394. (Also available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2010.04.019)

Osterman, Lisa E., Twichell, David C., and Poore, Richard Z.,2009, Holocene evolution of Apalachicola Bay, Florida: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 29, no. 6: p. 395-404. (Also available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00367-009-0159-1)

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