Activity ID: 00SCC01	USGS CMG FACS Overview Log	
Topic	Information	
USGS Activity ID	00SCC01	
Other ID (if any)	 	
Organization	USGS St. Petersburg, FL
Army Corps of Engineers 
University of New Orleans 
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources	
Project	Sand Resources, Regional Geology, and Coastal Processes for the Restoration of the Barataria Barrier Island Shoreline	
Area of Operation	Barataria Basin, Northern Gulf of Mexico - Louisiana 	
Chief Scientist(s)	Jim Flocks	
Information Specialist(s)	Kate Ciembronowicz / Chandra Dreher 	
Activity Type	Geophysical and Geological: Vibracoring Survey	
Scientific Purpose/Goals	Characterization of the geological framework, mapping sediment distribution, and locating offshore sand resources.	

Platform	 R/V G. K. Gilbert	
Starting Date	 05/03/00 (JD 124)	
Starting Port	Grand Isle, Louisiana –Sand Dollar Marina	
Ending Date	 05/11/00 (JD 132)	
Ending Port	Grand Isle, Louisiana –Sand Dollar Marina	
Equipment Used	Vibrating core Bradford, pneumatic, 3"x 20’ pipe 	
Information to be Derived 	High-resolution sedimentation distribution and thickness to locate sand deposits to be used in Louisiana beach renourishment projects.	
(For example: Grain Size,		
Depth to Basement)		
Summary of Activity and	Summary and evaluation of data are referenced in U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 01-384 	
Data Gathered	Available on line at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/of01-384/.	

Notes	These FACS logs were generated by Chandra Dreher in June of 2003, using the handwritten 	
	logbooks and personal accounts of the scientists and crewmembers.	
	This cruise 00SCC01 contains vibracore samples BSS00-01through BSS00-64 of the 227 vibracores collected during this project.