Data Release for Luminescence: Tyndall Air Force Base, Panama City, Florida estuarine sediment cores

As part of the Coastal Sediment Availability and Flux and Defense Advanced Research Protection Agency (DARPA) Reefense projects, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC) conducted a nearshore geophysical survey to map and characterize the stratigraphy of back-barrier bays near Panama City, Florida (FL) in June 2022. This data release serves as an archive of sediment vibracores collected from St. Andrew Bay, April 23–27, 2023. Sediment vibracore and lithology data provide assessments on the composition and age of sediments below the seafloor. This information can provide information about sub-seafloor structure that can inform the siting and assess the stability of artificial and natural oyster reef structures that will be placed on the seafloor during the Reefense project’s later phases.

作为海岸沉积物可获得性与通量项目及美国国防高级研究保护局（DARPA）Reefense项目的组成部分，美国地质调查局（USGS）与圣彼得堡海岸与海洋科学中心（SPCMSC）的科研人员于2022年6月在佛罗里达州（Florida，简称FL）巴拿马城附近开展近岸地球物理勘探，对当地障后湾的地层特征进行测绘与描述。
本次发布的数据集为2023年4月23日至27日从圣安德鲁湾采集的沉积物振动岩芯（sediment vibracores）归档资料。
沉积物振动岩芯与岩性数据可用于评估海底以下沉积物的组成与沉积年代。
此类信息可揭示海底亚表层结构特征，为Reefense项目后续阶段中拟布设至海底的人工与天然牡蛎礁结构的选址提供依据，并评估其结构稳定性。