AKA: Oahu, Kauai, Maui May 2015
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):
Information Specialist(s): SeanPaul La Selle
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Reconnaissance and coring of coastal wetland sites to find paleo-tsunami deposits.
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Honolulu, HI
End Port/Location: Kahului, HI
Start Date: 2015-05-11
End Date: 2015-05-22
Equipment Used: camera, Handheld GPS, Push corer, Hand-grab sample
Information to be Derived: Grain size, CTscan, radiocarbon dating
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 21 russian and push cores and 148 bagged samples from gouge cores taken in the field. Submitted 9 samples for radiocarbon dates. Collected 158 gps waypoints.
Staff: Bruce Jaffe, SeanPaul La Selle, Brent Lunghino, Bruce Richmond
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: not using any platforms/vehicles
Location:
Isle of Hawaii: Oahu, Kauai, and Maui
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 22.47 | South: 20.39 | West: -159.94 | East: -155.85 |
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 | --- | Photo | |
| Handheld GPS | --- | Navigation | |
| Push corer | --- | Surveys (geochemical) Surveys (biological) Biology Geology | |
| Hand-grab sample | --- | Biology Chemistry Geology |
