Summary for Field Activity Number 1999-026-FA

Alternate Leg ID: MD 99-02; IMAGES V, Leg 1

Area of Operations: Chesapeake Bay, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: June 20, 1999 to June 29, 1999

Objectives: Conduct an interdisciplinary study of Holocene paleoclimate and ecosystem history, methanogenesis, and geological evolution of modern Chesapeake Bay. To accomplish these goals, collect long piston cores (>20 meters) from the mesohaline portion of Chesapeake Bay.

Type of Activity: Sampling

Information to be derived:

Summary: Coring exercises collected 6 cores at 5 sites (approx. 68 m of sediments); digital core photos; spectrophotometry; pore water samples; radiocarbon samples; and MST logging (magnetics, gamma and p-wave).

USGS Project Number: OUTSIDE

Contact: John Bratton (jbratton@usgs.gov)

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