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Field Activity Details for field activity 2018-636-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): SeanPaul La Selle, Andrew Stevens

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): SeanPaul La Selle, Andrew Stevens

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: Transects, Sampling: Geology, Sonar: Sidescan, Sonar: Single Beam, Sonar: Sound Velocity

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect bathymetric data and information on the lake substrate in order to guide coring efforts searching for paleo-tsunami deposits.

Vehicle(s): MarFac; Chevy Suburban - gray; 7 pass; G62-2874L

Start Port/Location: Port Orford, OR

End Port/Location: Port Orford, OR

Start Date: 2018-06-17

End Date: 2018-06-23

Equipment Used: Radio (base), Waverunners, camera, Trimble R7 GPS receiver, Ponar grab sampler, Starfish, soundvelocityprofiler

Information to be Derived: Lake bathymetry, lakebed backscatter intensity

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: base, field_notes, hypack, matlab, photos, and SVP data submitted to FAD by Andrew Stevens 6/22/2018

Staff: Jackson Currie

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Floras Lake, Oregon

Boundaries
North: 42.90992204 South: 42.88060281 West: -124.51939735 East: -124.48570493

Platform(s):

photo of Waverunner 1 (SC)
Waverunner 1 (SC)
photo of Waverunner 2 (SC)
Waverunner 2 (SC)

Publications

La Selle, S.M., Stevens, A.W., and Nasr, B.M., 2023, Bathymetry data from Floras Lake, Oregon, June 2018: U.S. Geological Survey , https://doi.org/10.5066/P9FQQ5JN.

La Selle, S.M., Stevens, A.W., and Nasr, B.M., 2023, Bathymetry and acoustic backscatter data from Floras Lake, Oregon, June 2018: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9FQQ5JN.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Radio (base) --- Benchmarks
LIDAR
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Waverunners --- Navigation
Single Beam
camera --- Photo
Trimble R7 GPS receiver --- Benchmarks
LIDAR
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Ponar grab sampler --- Biology
Chemistry
Geology
Starfish --- Sidescan
Acoustic-backscatter data (This portion of the USGS data release presents acoustic-backscatter data collected during surveys performed in Floras Lake, Oregon in June 2018 (USGS Field Activity Number 2018-636-FA).)
soundvelocityprofiler --- Sound Velocity

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