Sedimentologic Data From Vibracores Collected in 2023 From St. Andrew Bay, Florida
In April 2023, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC) collected 11 sediment vibracores within East Bay, St. Andrew Bay, Florida (FL). Sediment vibracore and lithology data in this data release provide assessments on the composition and age of sediments below the seafloor.
This data release serves as an archive of sediment vibracores collected from back-barrier lagoon oyster reef, salt marsh, mud flat, and sand flat environments in St. Andrew Bay, April 24-25, 2023 (USGS Field Activity Number 2023-309-FA). It includes sediment core photographs, core descriptions, grain-size and loss-on-ignition data, and the results of radiocarbon (14C) analyses. These data can be used to ground truth chirp seismic reflection profiles and geophysical data collected in June 2023 as part of USGS Field Activity Number 2022-312-FA (Forde and others, 2023; Stalk and others, 2023). Data acquisition and processing methods were modified from USGS Data Series 1037 (Bernier and others, 2017). Three subsamples from a sediment vibracore (VC05) were selected for Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating and were analyzed at the USGS Luminescence Dating Laboratory (Denver, Colorado); those results are available in a separate data release (Mahan and others, 2024).
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Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Title | Sedimentologic Data From Vibracores Collected in 2023 From St. Andrew Bay, Florida |
| DOI | 10.5066/P1AFJDNE |
| Authors | Emily A Wei, Samuel (Contractor) M Randall, Julie C Bernier, Cheyenne S Everhart, Nancy T DeWitt |
| Product Type | Data Release |
| Record Source | USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS) |
| USGS Organization | St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center |
| Rights | This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal |