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USGS CMG 08CEV01 Metadata Skip navigational links Search InfoBank     Activities: by ID   by Platform   by Year   by Region   by Participant   by Organization   by Project/Theme   with Incomplete IDs   Disclaimer   Activity First Letter: A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z   0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   Virtual Globes: Atlas  (GE)    Samples  (GE)    Illuminate Oceans  (GE)    Earthquakes  (GE)    Get GE    InfoBank examples   08CEV01 links... Metadata & Data: Metadata   Navigation   nav (GE GM)   times (GE GM)   Formal Metadata: Frequently-Anticipated Questions   Outline   Parseable Text   XML       Metadata ID 08CEV01 Also Known As P-1-08-GM Abstract United States Geological Survey, Saint Petersburg, Florida, Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies, Coastal and Marine Geology Program,University of South Carolina. Chief Scientists: Kathy Tedesco, Richard Poore, Terry Quinn. Holocene Climate Proxy Calibration data (Sediment Trap, Box corer, CTD/rosette) of field activity 08CEV01 (P-1-08-GM) in Northern Gulf of Mexico from 01/13/2008 to 01/16/2008 Organization United States Geological Survey, Saint Petersburg, Florida, Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies, Coastal and Marine Geology Program University of South Carolina Project/Theme Holocene Climate and Environmental Variability - Northern Gulf of Mexico Chief Scientist Kathy Tedesco Richard Poore Terry Quinn Activity Type Holocene Climate Proxy Calibration Platform Pelican Area of Operation Northern Gulf of Mexico Location map Bounding Coordinates 30.75000 -99.75000     -80.25000 17.25000 Ports LEAVE Cocodrie, LA ARRIVE Cocodrie, LA Dates 01/13/2008 (JD 013) to 01/16/2008 (JD 016) Analog Materials No analog holdings. Scanned Materials P-1-08-gm.map log (pdf) Index map Information Specialist Kathy Tedesco Crew Kathy Tedesco USGS Don Hickey USGS Wendy Kelly USGS Eric Tappa University of South Carolina Equipment Used Sediment Trap Box corer CTD/rosette Purpose Calibrate sediment proxies during a sediment trap experiment to reconstruct  Holocene climate variability in the northern Gulf of Mexico Information to be Derived Faunal, geochemical and isotopic data from sediment trap and sediment core  samples, geochemical analysis of seawater Summary This project seeks to reconstruct Holocene climate variability in the northern  Gulf of Mexico by calibrating faunal, isotopic and geochemical proxy records  from deep-sea sediments using sediment trap material and concurrent  hydrographic and climatological measurements Publications Tedesco, Kathy, Calibrating Proxies for the Study of Holocene Climate Change in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Sound Waves, April 2008, available on line at: http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2008/04/ Skip footer navigational links InfoBank   Menlo Park & Santa Cruz Centers   St. Petersburg Center   Woods Hole Center   Coastal and Marine Geology Program   Geologic Information   Ask-A-Geologist   USGS Disclaimer

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