USGS Report Series 877: Wetland Paleoecological Study of Southwest Coastal Louisiana: Sediment Cores and Diatom Calibration Dataset

Wetland Paleoecological Study of Southwest Coastal Louisiana: Sediment Cores and Diatom Calibration Dataset

By Kathryn E.L. Smith, James G. Flocks, Gregory D. Steyer, and Sarai C. Piazza

Abstract

Wetland sediment data were collected in 2009 and 2010 throughout the southwest Louisiana Chenier Plain as part of a pilot study to develop a diatom-based proxy for past wetland water chemistry and the identification of sediment deposits from tropical storms. The complete dataset includes forty-six surface sediment samples and nine sediment cores. The surface sediment samples were collected in fresh, intermediate, and brackish marsh and are located coincident with Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) sites. The nine sediment cores were collected at the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge (RWR) located in Grand Chenier, La.

First posted February 2, 2015

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Suggested citation:

Smith, K.E.L., Flocks, J.G., Steyer, G.D., and Piazza, S.C., 2015, Wetland paleoecological study of southwest coastal Louisiana—Sediment cores and diatom calibration dataset: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 877, https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds877.

ISSN 2327-638X (online)

Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Methods

Data and Metadata

List of Taxa

Acknowledgments

References Cited