Overview Field Activity Collection System (FACS) Log Example

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| Topic                       | Information                            |
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| USGS Activity ID            | 08CEV04                                |
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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, Saint |
|                             | Petersburg, Florida, Center for        |
|                             | Coastal and Watershed Studies/ Coastal |
|                             | and Marine Geology Program             |
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| Project/Theme               | Holocene Climate Variability           |
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| Area of Operation           | Northern Gulf of Mexico                |
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| Principal Investigator(s)   | Kathy Tedesco, Richard Poore, Terry    |
|                             | Quinn                                  |
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| Information Specialist(s)   | Kathy Tedesco                          |
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| Activity Type               | Holocene Climate Proxy Calibration     |
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| Scientific Purpose/Goals    | Calibrate sediment proxies during a    |
|                             | sediment trap experiment to            |
|                             | reconstruct Holocene climate           |
|                             | variability in the northern Gulf of    |
|                             | Mexico                                 |
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| Platform                    | R/V Pelican                            |
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| Starting Date               | 10/24/2008                             |
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| Starting Port/Location      | Cocordrie, LA                          |
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| Ending Date                 | 10/26/2008                             |
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| Ending Port/Location        | Cocordrie, LA                          |
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| Equipment Used              | Sediment Trap, Box corer, multicorer,  |
|                             | CTD/rosette                            |
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| Information to be Derived   | Faunal, geochemical and isotopic data  |
| (for example, Grain Size,   | from sediment trap and sediment core   |
| Depth to Basement)          | samples, geochemical analysis of       |
|                             | seawater                               |
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| Summary of Activity and     | This project seeks to reconstruct      |
| Data Gathered               | Holocene climate variability in the    |
|                             | northern Gulf of Mexico by calibrating |
|                             | faunal, isotopic and geochemical proxy |
|                             | records from deep-sea sediments using  |
|                             | sediment trap material and concurrent  |
|                             | hydrographic and climatological        |
|                             | measurements                           |
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| Notes (include staff, shop  | Don Hickey                             |
| 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.