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Data Series 1045


Sediment Lithology and Radiochemistry From the Back-Barrier Environments Along the Northern Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana: March 2012

By Marci E. Marot, Christopher G. Smith, C. Scott Adams, and Kathryn A. Richwine

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Abstract

Oblique aerial photograph looking northward along the Chandeleur Islands and adjacent sand berm, February 2012. Photograph by Karen Morgan (Morgan and others, 2013).
Oblique aerial photograph looking northward along the Chandeleur Islands and adjacent sand berm, February 2012. Photograph by Karen Morgan (Morgan and others, 2013). [Click figure to enlarge]
Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center collected a set of 8 sediment cores from the back-barrier environments along the northern Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, in March 2012. The sampling efforts were part of a larger USGS study to evaluate effects on the geomorphology of the Chandeleur Islands following the construction of an artificial sand berm to reduce oil transport onto federally managed lands. The objective of this study was to evaluate the response of the back-barrier tidal and wetland environments to the berm. This report serves as an archive for sedimentological and radiochemical data derived from the sediment cores. The data described in this report are available for download on the data downloads page.

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for providing access to the sampling locations. We also appreciated the Web design assistance provided by Noreen Buster and Jolene Gittens, the field assistance provided by Kyle Kelso, and laboratory assistance provided by Kira Barrera. We would also like to thank Julie Bernier and Ashlyann Arana-Morales for their pre-release commentary and peer review.

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Suggested Citation

Marot, M.E., Smith, C.G., Adams, C.S., and Richwine, K.A, 2017, Sediment lithology and radiochemistry from the back-barrier environments along the northern Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana—March 2012: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1045, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1045.

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Marci E. Marot
U.S. Geological Survey
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mmarot@usgs.gov

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