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Field Activity Details for field activity 2012-602-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): Other

Funding Program(s): Other (Other)

Principal Investigator(s): Other

Affiliate Investigator(s): Peter Haeussler, co-PI, USGS Alaska Science Center Sean Gulick, co-PI, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics

Information Specialist(s): Patrick Hart

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler

Scientific Purpose/Goals: The purpose of the cruise was to look for active faults, particularly those related to the 1899 earthquakes in the Yakutat Bay

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Whittier, Alaska

End Port/Location: Seward, Alaska

Start Date: 2012-08-07

End Date: 2012-08-17

Equipment Used: navigation, Other, Other, Other

Information to be Derived: Holocene stratigraphy and structure

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Peter Haeussler, USGS, Alaska Science Center is affiliation of co-PI

Location:

Alaska, Yakutat Bay, Disenchantment Bay

Boundaries
North: 60.24526401 South: 59.49849932 West: -140.1416 East: -139.15608724

Platform(s):

photo of Alaskan Gyre
Alaskan Gyre

Publications

Gulick, S., LeVoir, M., Haeussler, P., Saustrup, S., 2012, Evaluating Active Faulting and Geohazards in the Yakutat Bay Region of Southeastern Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Final Technical Report G12AP20009.

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