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Field Activity Details for field activity 2016-625-FA

AKA: Queen Charlotte-Fairweather Marine Geohazards

Other ID: none

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Coastal and marine earthquake, tsunami, and landslide active margin field studies (ZP00EQV)

Principal Investigator(s): Daniel Brothers

Affiliate Investigator(s): Brian Andrews (WHSC)

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Multichannel, Seismics: Sparker, Sonar: Multibeam

Start Date: 2016-05-17

End Date: 2016-06-12

Equipment Used: POS MV, Reson 7160, Other, 24channel

Information to be Derived: Seafloor morphology, backscatter and substrate structural mapping of the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather Fault System for seismic hazard assessments.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: water column backkscatter submitted to FAD 3/10/2017 BATHYMETRY: Collected 4,178 linear km of Reson 7160 Multibeam data covering 4,621 square kms of the shelf/slope waters between Cross Sound in the north and Noyes Canyon to the south. Depth range between 110-2140 meters. MULTICHANNEL SEISMICS: Collected approximately XXXX kms of multichannel seismic profiles.

Staff: Jackson Currie, Robert Wyland

Affiliate Staff:

Location:

Southeastern Alaska

Boundaries
North: 58.37867854 South: 55.11237468 West: -137.241 East: -133.33496094

Platform(s):


Medeia

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