Overview Field Activity Collection System (FACS) Log Example

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| Topic                       | Information                            |
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| USGS Activity ID            | 07GCH01                                |
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| i.e. YYPRJ## \*             |                                        |
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| Other ID (if any)           |                                        |
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| Organization(s)/Program     | United States Geological Survey, St.   |
|                             | Petersburg, FL, Coastal and Marine     |
|                             | Geology Program. Earth Surface         |
|                             | Dynamics                               |
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| Project/Theme               | Gulf Coast Hypoxia                     |
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| Area of Operation           | Northern Gulf of Mexico                |
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| Principal Investigator(s)   | Dick Poore, Lisa Osterman, Peter       |
|                             | Swarzenski                             |
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| Information Specialist(s)   | Lisa Osterman                          |
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| Activity Type               | History of Gulf Coast Hypoxia          |
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| Scientific Purpose/Goals    | Develop records of past timing and     |
|                             | extent of the low-oxygen bottom water  |
|                             | events in northern gulf coast          |
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| Platform(s)                 | R.V. Pelican                           |
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| Starting Date               | 4/22/07                                |
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| Starting Port/Location      | Cocodrie, LA                           |
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| Ending Date                 | 4/26/07                                |
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| Ending Port/Location        | Cocodrie, LA                           |
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| Equipment Used              | Box corer gravity corer                |
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| Information to be Derived   | Faunal, geochemical and isotopic data  |
| (e.g., Grain Size, Depth to | from sediment cores                    |
| Basement)                   |                                        |
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| Summary of Activity and     | Study is developing faunal,            |
| Data Gathered               | geochemical, and isotopic data to      |
|                             | trace history of low-oxygen bottom     |
|                             | water events and relate them to        |
|                             | climate variability                    |
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| Notes (include staff, shop  | Wendy Kelly                            |
| time etc)                   |                                        |
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\*The St. Petersburg naming convention is as follows: YYPRJ##, where YY
is a 2 digit abbreviation for the calendar year the data were collected,
PRJ is a 3 letter acronym for the project, task or theme the data were
collected under and \## is a sequential number for each field activity
under that PRJ for that calendar year. If a project already has adopted
a standardized unique and meaningful field activity naming convention,
there are ways to incorporate it into the system. Please caution against
using strictly geographic specific PRJs. We strongly suggest using
topical ones instead, since locations may be revisited for various
purposes during a field season. Arnell Harrison
([aharrison@usgs.gov]{.underline} x3111) will coordinate assigning these
Field Activity Ids with input from the PIs or project data managers.