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Spatial data sets of the bottom sediments of Tampa Bay, as interpreted from cores collected 2002 through 2006
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| | Description: | As part of the Gulf of Mexico Integrated Science Tampa Bay Study, many sediment cores have been collected throughout the estuary. Sites were chosen for the purposes of downcore stratigraphic and paleoecological analyses and are not uniformly distributed throughout the bay, but data from the top cores surface sediments can be interpreted to understand current estuarine bottom characteristics. A description of the bottom surface, such as sediment grain size, percent carbonates and organics, are important when evaluating hydrologic and sediment models of estuaries. Point location data can be interpolated to present a map of bottom sediment characteristics. These data can be used to visualize the possible bottom sediment characteristics and can also be used in modelling studies. These data are a set of five raster data sets, containing information on the current bottom characteristic of Tampa Bay. The data was interpolated from the suface core data and include the parameters percent mud (silt + clay), percent sand, percent carbonates, precent total organic carbon, and mean phi. |
| | Contact Info: | Tom Cronin (U.S. Geological Survey) Email: tcronin@usgs.gov Phone: -- |
| | Published Year: | 2006 |
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