AKA: none
Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Tsunami Hazards, Modeling, and the Sedimentary Record (ZP00ES5)
Principal Investigator(s): Bruce Richmond
Affiliate Investigator(s): James Goof, UNSW; Catherine Chague-Goff, UNSW; gerard Fryer, NOAA, Chip Fletcher, UH
Information Specialist(s): Brent Lunghino
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: Transects, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect core samples for paleotsunami studies.
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Hilo, HI
End Port/Location: Hilo, HI
Start Date: 2014-08-15
End Date: 2014-08-25
Equipment Used: Camera-still, Handheld GPS Nomad, Push corer, Vibracore, Other
Information to be Derived: Frequency and inundation of past tsunamis.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 8 Vibracores at two study sites. Also collected stratigraphic data from push cores.
Staff: Bruce Jaffe, SeanPaul La Selle, Brent Lunghino, Bruce Richmond
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: 9/4/2014 Updating staffing status.
4 wheel drive rental. Possible small boat hire for adjacent valley (weather permitting).
Location:
Waipio Valley, Hawaii; Pololu Valley, Hawaii
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 20.21677761 | South: 20.0558379 | West: -155.7728 | East: -155.55950928 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
La Selle, S.M., Richmond, B.M., Griswold, F.R., Lunghino, B.D., Jaffe, B.E., Kane, H.H., Bellanova, P., Arcos, M.E.M., Nelson, A.R., Chague, C., Bishop, J.M., and Gelfenbaum, G.R., Core logs, scans, photographs, grain size, and radiocarbon data from coastal wetlands on the Hawaiian islands of Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, and Hawaiʻi: doi: 10.5066/P9X4STJM.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camera-still | --- | Photo | |
| Handheld GPS Nomad | --- | Benchmarks LIDAR Navigation Profiles Transects | |
| Push corer | --- | Biology Geology | |
| Vibracore | --- | Geology | |
| Other | --- | --- | --- |
