AKA: Ocean_Starr_2017
Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Coastal and marine earthquake, tsunami, and landslide active margin field studies (ZP00EQV)
Principal Investigator(s): Daniel Brothers
Affiliate Investigator(s): Nathan Miller (WHSC)
Information Specialist(s): Alicia Balster-gee, Patrick Hart, Jared Kluesner
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Multichannel, Seismics: Sonobuoy, Seismics: Sparker
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Acquire high-resolution multichannel seismic profiles along the Queen Charlotte Fault System to better understand earthquake and tsunami hazards throughout the SE Alaska region.
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Seattle
End Port/Location: Juneau
Start Date: 2017-06-27
End Date: 2017-07-26
Equipment Used: YoNav, Other, Multichannel, chirp, Mini sparker, Sonobuoy
Information to be Derived: Fault structure, deformation history, seismic stratigraphy, and assessments of slope stability
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Chirp, MCS, and sonobuoy line data submitted to FAD. Collected 3000 km of high-resolution multichannel sparker profiles, 300 km of subbottom Chirp profiles and one 80 km sonobuoy profile.
Staff: Daniel Brothers, Jackson Currie, Patrick Hart, Jared Kluesner, Maureen Walton
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Collaborative effort between PCMSC and WHSC
Location:
Southeastern Alaska continental slope
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 60.58696734 | South: 54.62856439 | West: -142.91015625 | East: -131.23046875 |
Platform(s):
Other |
Balster-Gee, A.F., Brothers, D.S., Kluesner, J.W., Miller, N.C., Haeussler, P.J., O'Brien, T.F., Marcuson, R.K., Hart, P.E., Conrad, J.E., Walton, M.L., and Nichols, A.R., 2022, Multichannel sparker and chirp seismic reflection data collected offshore South East Alaska during USGS Field Activity 2017-621-FA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9QXL00L.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| YoNav | --- | Navigation | |
| Other | --- | --- | --- |
| Multichannel | --- | Multichannel | |
| chirp | --- | Boomer | |
| Mini sparker | --- | Sparker | |
| Sonobuoy | --- | Sonobuoy |
