Florida Cooperative Geologic Mapping Project
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USGS_SOFIA_fl_coop_map
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Summary
Abstract:
This project was designed to provide the framework for understanding (1) ecosystem variability and change prior to and during human development of South Florida (i.e., the detailed ecosystem history over the last 200 years, differentiating natural variability from man-made change) and (2) the resource distribution (primarily water and phosphate) in the subsurface of Florida (i.e., the detailed ... geology of constraining and resource units). The overall strategy is is to: 1. Sample modern environments throughout the Greater Everglades Ecosystem to understand the present ecosystem and locate undisturbed shallow sediment cores to analyze ecosystem variability and change over the last few hundred years. 2. Analyze deep cores for sedimentology, diagenesis, biostratigraphy, paleoecology, and chemostratigraphy in transects across the southern Florida Peninsula to better understand the factors controlling ground water movement and to define aquifer characteristics. In order to understand the role of facies relationships and genetic depositional units in determining groundwater flow, the distribution and abundance of micro mollusks, foraminifers, dinocysts, ostracodes, pollen and spores, and charcoal will be analyzed, and strontium isotopes will be used for geochronology. A multitude of water-related societal issues face southern Florida in the 1990's. These issues include the increasing demands for water for agriculture; business, and the rapidly growing population in the Naples and Miami area (Miami showing the fourth fastest growth rate in the U.S. in the 1980's), the recently mandated restoration of natural sheet flow through the Everglades ecosystem, the effects of runoff from agricultural and urban areas, and the vitality of the important fisheries of Florida Bay and Biscayne Bay. This project provides baselines for ecosystem variability and tracks the change in ecosystems through the last several hundred years to provide critical information for reasonable restoration targets to land planners and managers in southern Florida. In addition, it provides the geologic framework for the aquifers that supply water to the area.
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Data may be obtained from the SOFIA website
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Florida Cooperative Mapping Project Activities
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates
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N: 25.5
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S: 24.5
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E: -80.28
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W: -82.0
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Temporal Coverage
Start Date:
1996-10-01
Stop Date:
1999-09-30
Access Constraints
None
Use Constraints
Data are subject to change and are not citeable until reviewed and approved for official publication.
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Distribution
Distribution Format:
Excel
Fees:
None
Personnel
Role:
TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone:
703-648-5288
Fax:
703-648-5420
Email:
bwardlaw at usgs.gov
Contact Address:
U.S. Geological Survey
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
MS 926A
City:
Reston
Province or State:
VA
Postal Code:
20192
Country:
USA
Role:
DIF AUTHOR
Email:
alicia.m.aleman at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
Goddard Space Flight Center
Code 610.2
City:
Greenbelt
Province or State:
MD
Postal Code:
20771
Country:
USA
Publications/References
Edwards, L. E., Weedman, S. D., Simmons, K. R., Scott, T. M., Brewster-Wingard, G. L., Ishman, S. E., Carlin, N. M., 1998, Lithostratigraphy, petrography, biostratigraphy, and strontium-isotope stratigraphy of the surficial aquifer system of western Collier County, Florida, USGS Open-File Report, 98-205, Reston, VA, U.S. Geological Survey. http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/ofr/98-205/ ... Weedman, S. D., Paillet, F. L, Edwards, L. E., Simmons. K. R., Scott, T. M., Wardlaw, B. R., Reese, R. S., Blair, J. L., 1999, Lithostratigraphy, geophysics, biostratigraphy, and strontium-isotope stratigraphy of the surficial aquifer system of eastern Collier County and northern Monroe County, Florida, USGS Open-File Report, 99-432, Reston, VA, U.S. Geological Survey. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1999/of99-432/index.html Weedman, S. D., Paillet, F. L., Means, G. H., Scott, T. M., 1997, Lithology and geophysics of the surficial aquifer system in western Collier County, Florida, USGS Open-File Report, 97-436, Reston, VA, U.S. Geological Survey. http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr97436 Ishman, Scott E., 1997, Ecosystem History of South Florida: Biscayne Bay Sediment Core Descriptions, USGS Open-File Report, 97-0437, Reston, VA, U.S. Geological Survey. http://pubs.usgs.gov/pdf/of/ofr97437.html Ishman, Scott E., Graham, Ian, D'Ambrosio, Jill, 1997, Modern Benthic Foraminifer Distributions in Biscayne Bay: Analogs for Historical Reconstructions, USGS Open-File Report, 97-034, Reston, VA, U.S. Geological Survey. http://pubs.usgs.gov/pdf/of/ofr97034.html Pyle, Laura, Cooper, Sherri R., Huvane Jacqueline K., 1998, Diatom Paleoecology Pass Key Core 37, Everglades National Park, Florida Bay, USGS Open-File Report, 98-522, Reston, VA, U.S. Geological Survey. http://pubs.usgs.gov/pdf/of/ofr98522.html Brewster-Wingard, G. Lynn, Ishman, Scott E., Waibel, Neil J., Willard, Debra A., Edwards, Lucy E., Holmes, Charles W., 1998, Preliminary Paleontologic Report on Core 37, from Pass Key, Everglades National Park, Florida Bay, USGS Open-File Report, 98-0122, Reston, VA, U.S. Geological Survey. http://pubs.usgs.gov/pdf/of/ofr98122.html Scott, Thomas M., Means, Guy H., Brewster-Wingard, G. Lynn, 1997, Progress Report on Sediment Analyses at Selected Faunal Monitoring Sites in North-central and Northeastern Florida Bay, USGS Open-File Report, 97-0534, Reston, VA, U.S. Geological Survey. http://pubs.usgs.gov/pdf/of/ofr97534.html Willard, Debra A., Brewster-Wingard, G. Lynn, Fellman, Claire, Ishman, Scott E., 1997, Paleontological Data from Mud Creek Core 1, southern Florida, USGS Open-File Report, 97-0736, Reston, VA, U. S. Geological Survey. http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr97736 Wingard, G. Lynn, Ishman, Scott, Cronin, Thomas, Edwards, Lucy E., Willard, Debra A., Halley, Robert B., 1995, Preliminary Analysis of Down-Core Biotic Assmeblages: Bob Allen Keys, Everglades National Park, Florida Bay, USGS Open-File Report, 95-628, Reston, VA, U.S. Geological Survey. http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/ofr/95-628 Brewster-Wingard, G. Lynn, Ishman, S. E., Edwards, L. E., Willard, D. A., 1996, Preliminary Report on the Distribution of Modern Fauna and Flora at Selected Sites in North-central and North-eastern Florida Bay, USGS Open-File Report, 96-0732, Reston, VA, U.S. Geological Survey. http://pubs.usgs.gov/pdf/of/ofr96732.html Ishman, S. E., Brewster-Wingard, G. L., Willard, D. A., Cronin, T. M., Edwards, L. E., Holmes, C. W., 1996, Preliminary paleontologic report on core T-24, Little Madeira Bay, Florida, USGS Open-File Report, 96-0543, Reston, VA, U.S. Geological Survey. http://pubs.usgs.gov/pdf/of/ofr96543.html Willard, Debra A., Weimer, Lisa M., 1997, Palynological Census Data from Surface Samples in South Florida, USGS Open-File Report, 97-0867, Reston, VA, U.S. Geological Survey. http://pubs.usgs.gov/pdf/of/ofr97867.html Willard, Debra A., 1997, Pollen Census Data from Southern Florida: Sites Along an Nutrient Gradient in Water Conservation Area 2A, USGS Open-File Report, 97-0497, Reston, VA, U.S. Geological Survey. http://pubs.usgs.gov/pdf/of/ofr97497.html Brewster-Wingard, G. L., Ishman, S. E., Willard, D. A., Edwards, L. E., Holmes, C. W., 1997, Preliminary paleontologic report on Cores 19A and 19B, Russell Bank, Everglades National Park, Florida Bay, USGS Open-File Report, OFR 97-460, Reston, VA, U.S. Geological Survey. http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/ofr/97-460/ Cronin, T. M., Boomer, I., Dwyer, G., Rodriguez-Lazaro, J., 2002, Ostracoda and Paleoceanography, Monograph,131, Washington, DC, American Geophysical Union, in Applications of the Ostracoda to Quaternary Research, J. A. Holmes and A. R. Chivas, eds. Cronin, T. M., Dwyer, G. S., Schwede, S. B., Dowsett, H., 2002, Climate variability from Florida Bay sedimentary record: possible teleconnections to ENSO, PNA, and CNP, Climate Research, v. 19, no. 3, Oldendorf/Luhe, Germany, Inter-Research. Willard. D. A., Holmes, C. W., 1997, Pollen and Geochronological Data from South Florida: Taylor Creek Site 2, USGS Open File Report, 97-35, Reston, VA, U.S. Geological Survey. http://sofia.usgs.gov/flaecohist/publications/OFR97-35.pdf
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2007-01-23
Last DIF Revision Date:
2009-06-02
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