Dry Tortugas National Park: Geologic resources inventory report, revised April 2014
Port R. 2014. Dry Tortugas National Park: Geologic resources inventory report, revised April 2014. Natural Resource Report. NPS/NRSS/GRD/NRR—2014/809. Natural Resource Stewardship and Science. Fort Collins, Colorado
This report was developed to accompany the digital geologic map produced by Geologic Resources Inventory staff for Dry Tortugas National Park (Florida). It contains information relevant to resource management and scientific research. Park specific geologic issues, geologic features and processes, a brief geologic history, and a map unit properties table that identifies and describes the resource characteristics of map units in the park area, are included in this report.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Port, Rebecca
- Date of Issue
- 2014-05
- Publisher
- Natural Resource Stewardship and Science
- Units
- DRTO , GRD , GRI , NRSS
- Keywords
- benthic habitat mapping, Coral Reef Rehabilitation, DRTO, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, geologic features, Geologic History, Geologic Issues, Geologic Materials Used in Fort Jefferson, geologic processes, Geologic Resources Division, Geologic Resources Inventory, GRD, GRI, Groundwater Flow and Salinity, Holocene Coral Reefs, Hurricanes and Storms, Islands and Sediment Transport, Map Unit Properties Table, map units, National Park Service, NPS, Paleontological resources, pavement, Pleistocene Bedrock, Recreation and Commercial Uses, Resource Management, Sea Level Rise, Seagrass Beds, Sediment Erosion and Accretion, Subsidence, Unconsolidated Benthic Sediments
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Coastal/Oceanographic Features and Processes , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Marine Features and Processes , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Marine Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Marine Invertebrates