Particle size distribution data from Florida Bay, Everglades National Park, Florida - 2024 analyses of samples collected following Hurricane Irma (2017)

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Publication Date: 2024-09-10
Start Date: 2018-01-29
End Date: 2020-12-09

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Colip, G.D., Morris, M.I., Stackhouse, B.L., Daniels, A.M., and Wingard, G.L., 2024, Particle size distribution data from Florida Bay, Everglades National Park, Florida - 2024 analyses of samples collected following Hurricane Irma (2017): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P15BJPQQ.

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In January 2018, a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) team collected short cores and surface samples from four islands in Florida Bay, Everglades National Park, south Florida (Wingard et al. 2019). The 2018 samples were collected approximately five months after the passage of Hurricane Irma on September 10, 2017, as a category 4 storm. The four islands had also been cored in 2014. The goal of the long-term study of these four islands is to examine the impacts of climate and sea level on island formation and resilience, and to provide insights into the stability of the south Florida coastline. The passage of Hurricane Irma provided an opportunity to sample sediments deposited by the storm surge. The particle size analysis (PSA) data presented [...]

Summary

In January 2018, a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) team collected short cores and surface samples from four islands in Florida Bay, Everglades National Park, south Florida (Wingard et al. 2019). The 2018 samples were collected approximately five months after the passage of Hurricane Irma on September 10, 2017, as a category 4 storm. The four islands had also been cored in 2014. The goal of the long-term study of these four islands is to examine the impacts of climate and sea level on island formation and resilience, and to provide insights into the stability of the south Florida coastline. The passage of Hurricane Irma provided an opportunity to sample sediments deposited by the storm surge.

The particle size analysis (PSA) data presented here contain results from three types of samples: 1) a short core (20 cm) collected from the western-most of the four islands (Jim Foot Key); 2) surface samples, representing overwash deposits from the storm surge collected from the four islands (Jim Foot Key, Buttonwood Key #7, Bob Allen Key (westernmost), and Russell Key); and 3) basin samples from Florida Bay mudbanks and deeper water surrounding the islands. The basin samples were collected in December 2020 for comparison to the storm deposits to investigate possible provenance. The three types of samples were photographed and described prior to splitting and/or subsampling for PSA, which was conducted using the Beckman Coulter LS 13 320 XR laser diffraction analyzer housed in the Bascom Laser Diffraction Sedimentology Laboratory in Reston, VA.

The work described here is done in collaboration with Everglades National Park (Study #EVER-00617) and is funded by the Greater Everglades Priority Ecosystem Science program of the USGS. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Reference: Wingard, G.L., Bergstresser, S.E., Stackhouse, B.L., Jones, M.C., Marot, M.E., Hoefke, K., Daniels, A., and Keller, K. 2019, Impacts of Hurricane Irma on Florida Bay Islands, Everglades National Park, U.S.A. Estuaries and Coasts, vol. 43, pp. 1070–1089, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-019-00638-7

Contacts

Point of Contact :: Grant D Colip
Process Contact :: Grant D Colip, Georgiana L Wingard
Metadata Contact :: Grant D Colip
Originator :: Grant D Colip, Michelle I Morris, Bethany Stackhouse, Andre Daniels, Georgiana L Wingard
Publisher :: U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
USGS Mission Area :: Ecosystems
SDC Data Owner :: Florence Bascom Geoscience Center

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FL_Bay_ENP2018_metadata.xml Original FGDC Metadata	View	17.01 KB	application/fgdc+xml
JFP berm image compiled.png “Eastern berm of Jim Foot Key in Florida Bay before & after Hurricane Irma (2017)”		795.79 KB	image/png
FL_Bay_ENP2018_PSA_Data_JFP_ShortCore.csv		23.72 KB	text/csv
FL_Bay_ENP2018_PSA_Data_Overwash.csv		66.96 KB	text/csv
FL_Bay_ENP2020_PSA_Data_Basin.csv		55.64 KB	text/csv
FL_Bay_ENP2018_PSA_Data_SummaryStatistics.csv		15.29 KB	text/csv
FL_Bay_ENP2018_LocationData.csv		2.4 KB	text/csv
FL_Bay_ENP2018_DataDictionary.csv		32.95 KB	text/csv

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Purpose

The grain size data provided here will be compiled with other analyses conducted on the same samples to enhance our understanding of the characteristics and sources of storm deposits on islands in Florida Bay, Everglades National Park, Florida. If we can determine what biogeochemical and sedimentological characteristics are typical of a present-day storm deposit on these carbonate islands, we can apply that information to sediment cores that span the last 5000 years. Insights into past responses of the islands and coastline of south Florida to storms provide important information about coastal resilience under rising sea levels and changing climate conditions.

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USGS_ScienceCenter	https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier	Florence Bascom Geoscience Center
USGS_MissionArea	https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier	Ecosystems
USGS_keywords	https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier	Geomorphology, Land Use Change, Sedimentology

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