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Field Activity Details for field activity 2017-670-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): Guy Gelfenbaum, SeanPaul La Selle

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): SeanPaul La Selle

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect cores and determine the paleo tsunami and earthquake history in Floras Lake, OR

Vehicle(s): MarFac; Ford 650 Box truck - White G71-03559

Start Port/Location: Port Orford, OR

End Port/Location: Port Orford, OR

Start Date: 2017-09-10

End Date: 2017-09-20

Equipment Used: camera, Handheld GPS Nomad, GPS, Gouge Cores, samples, Vibracore

Information to be Derived: Grain size, radiocarbon ages, foraminifera and diatom assemblages, thickness and distribution of tsunami deposits

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: sample locations submitted to FAD 2/14/2018

Staff: Daniel Powers

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Hadai vibracore, gouge core and surface samples
GPS from 'BadElf'

Location:

Floras Lake, OR

Boundaries
North: 43.00665567 South: 42.79689269 West: -124.65499878 East: -124.34265137

Platform(s):


Unknown

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
camera --- Photo
Handheld GPS Nomad --- Benchmarks
LIDAR
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
GPS --- Navigation
Gouge Cores --- Geology
samples --- Biology
Chemistry
Geology
Vibracore --- Geology

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