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):
Information Specialist(s): Frances Griswold, SeanPaul La Selle
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: Profiles, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Vibracoring and gouge coring for paleotsunami deposits.
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Lihue, Hawaii
End Port/Location: Lihue, Hawaii
Start Date: 2015-11-07
End Date: 2015-11-21
Equipment Used: camera, Handheld GPS Nomad, Other, Handheld GPS, Vibracore, Push corer
Information to be Derived: tsunami deposit thickness, depth, grainsize, age, spacial distribution, CT scans, and core photos.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Grainsize analysis submitted on FAD 4/12/2016 Photos and core locations on FAD 3/4/2016 Hand held GPS and RTK corrected nav.
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
Kauai
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 22.94195368 | South: 21.27528702 | West: -160.049 | East: -158.38216146 |
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 Nomad | --- | Benchmarks LIDAR Navigation Profiles Transects | |
| Other | --- | --- | --- |
| Handheld GPS | --- | Navigation | |
| Vibracore | --- | Geology | Vibracore photographs, computed tomography scans, and core-log descriptions from Anahola Valley, Kaua'i, Hawai'i (This portion of the data release contains information on vibracores that were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in Anahola Valley, Kaua'i, Hawai'i in 2015. Sites were cored in order to identify potential tsunami deposits and describe wetland stratigraphy. These vibracores contain mud, peat, volcanic sands, and carbonate sands, reflecting deposition in a variety of coastal environments. ) |
| Push corer | --- | Surveys (geochemical) Surveys (biological) Biology Geology |
