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Field Activity Details for field activity 2015-674-FA

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AKA: Carpinteria

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

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Frances Griswold

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect tsunami samples at Carpinteria Marsh

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Santa Cruz, CA

End Port/Location: Carpinteria, CA

Start Date: 2015-11-01

End Date: 2015-11-01

Equipment Used: camera, Handheld GPS Nomad, Garmin, 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: Data submitted to FAD 3/21/2016. Took photographs of area and notes for discussion on future work in the area.

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Carpinteria, California

Boundaries
North: 34.4476887 South: 34.28359099 West: -119.792 East: -119.41604614

Platform(s):


Other

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
camera --- Photo
Handheld GPS Nomad --- Benchmarks
LIDAR
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Garmin --- Navigation
Push corer --- Surveys (geochemical)
Surveys (biological)
Biology
Geology

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