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Field Activity Details for field activity 2014-634-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): Other

Funding Program(s): Tsunami Hazards, Modeling, and the Sedimentary Record (ZP00ES5)

Principal Investigator(s): Guy Gelfenbaum

Affiliate Investigator(s): Rob Witter (USGS Alaska Science Center) Alan Nelson, USGS, Golden, CO Rich Briggs, USGS, Golden, CO Simon Engelhart, University of Rhode Island

Information Specialist(s): SeanPaul La Selle

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect field data on paleo-tsunami deposits

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Cold Bay, AK

End Port/Location: Cold Bay, AK

Start Date: 2014-08-02

End Date: 2014-08-18

Equipment Used: camera, Handheld GPS, Ponar grab sampler

Information to be Derived: grain size, dating, deposit thickness

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: grainsize data on FAD

Staff: Guy Gelfenbaum, SeanPaul La Selle

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Rob Witter from USGS Anchorage Earthquake Hazards is lead PI

Location:

Sanak Island, Alaska

Boundaries
North: 54.51311009 South: 54.26748228 West: -162.919 East: -162.31900363

Platform(s):

photo of on foot
on foot

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
camera --- Photo
Handheld GPS --- Navigation
Ponar grab sampler --- Biology
Chemistry
Geology

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