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USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program

Field Activity Details for field activity 2015-610-FA

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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 Jaffe, Bruce Richmond

Affiliate Investigator(s): Shusaku Kan, Tohoku University

Information Specialist(s): Brent Lunghino

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect geologic samples from coastal tsunami deposits.

Vehicle(s): Jeep Liberty 4X4 - silver

Start Port/Location: Santa Cruz, CA

End Port/Location: Santa Cruz, CA

Start Date: 2015-02-02

End Date: 2015-02-07

Equipment Used: camera, Handheld GPS, Hand-grab sample, Push corer

Information to be Derived: Grain size, magnetic susceptibility, deposit stratigraphy

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: photos and field notes submitted to FAD

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Seaside, Oregon; Canon Beach, Oregon; Bay City, Washington.

Boundaries
North: 47.04 South: 45.58 West: -124.18 East: -123.5

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
Hand-grab sample --- Biology
Chemistry
Geology
Push corer --- Chemistry
Surveys (geochemical)
Surveys (biological)
Biology
Geology

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