AKA: none
Other ID: none
Status: Cancelled
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Tsunami Hazards, Modeling, and the Sedimentary Record (ZP00ES5)
Principal Investigator(s): Guy Gelfenbaum
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): SeanPaul La Selle
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Transects, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To perform field work in the Shetland Islands of the United Kingdom. Tsunami deposits from the Storegga landslide will be examined and sampled in order to validate future tsunami modeling efforts.
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Lerwick, UK
End Port/Location: Lerwick, UK
Start Date: 2016-06-24
End Date: 2016-07-03
Equipment Used: camera, Handheld GPS Nomad, Gouge Cores, hand auger, Hand-grab sample, Peat Auger, push cores
Information to be Derived: Tsunami deposit spatial variability in thickness, grain size.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
Shetland Islands, UK
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 60.9 | South: 59.7 | West: 0.1 | East: -2 |
Platform(s):
Other |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| camera | --- | Photo | |
| Handheld GPS Nomad | --- | Benchmarks LIDAR Navigation Profiles Transects | |
| Gouge Cores | --- | Geology | |
| hand auger | --- | Geology | |
| Hand-grab sample | --- | Biology Chemistry Geology | |
| Peat Auger | --- | Geology | |
| push cores | --- | Geology |
