Detailed Grain-Size Data of Estuarine, Barrier Island, and Shoreface Environments Around Dauphin Island, Alabama, USA
In 2015, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (USGS SPCMSC) conducted sediment sampling surveys on and around the barrier islands of Dauphin Island and Little Dauphin Island, Mobile County, Alabama (AL). The study investigated the surficial sediment surrounding Dauphin Island and surrounding environments to inform sediment transport model scenarios of coastal change. Ellis and others (2017) provided a detailed account of field and laboratory methodologies as well as the statistical grain-size summary results for sediments collected from 270 fields sites; this data release provides the average detailed grain size distribution computed from multiple runs for samples from 240 sites. Samples were collected from numerous environments including dunes, beaches, protected bays, and open water. The sampling efforts by the USGS were part of a larger study to assess the current state and future function of Dauphin Island, Alabama and assess what types of restoration efforts are feasible, sustainable, and can be resilient to future storms. The data collected and presented in this data release will be utilized by modelers to address to validate hindcast and/or nowcast modeling as it relates to baseline condition and storm events. This study was funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, which is administered by the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund, following extensive consultation with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. This data release serves as an archive for sedimentological data derived from detailed grain-size texture analysis.
Ellis, A.M., Marot, M.E., Smith, C.G., and Wheaton, C.J., 2017, The physical characteristics of the sediments on and surrounding Dauphin Island, Alabama: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1046, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1046.
Citation Information
Publication Year | 2024 |
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Title | Detailed Grain-Size Data of Estuarine, Barrier Island, and Shoreface Environments Around Dauphin Island, Alabama, USA |
DOI | 10.5066/P14RPHBB |
Authors | Alisha M Ellis, Nicholas Zaremba, Cathryn J. Wheaton, Joseph M Vargas, Christopher G Smith, Robert L Jenkins |
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 |