Field Activity Details for field activity 2018-656-FA

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

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): SeanPaul La Selle

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

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

Vehicle(s): Sonata Hybrid G10-6192P, MarFac; Ford 650 Box truck - White G71-03559

Start Port/Location: Port Orford, OR

End Port/Location: Port Orford, OR

Start Date: 2018-09-18

End Date: 2018-09-25

Equipment Used: Garmin, anchorsamplegrab, Peat Auger, 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: Collected 18 vibracores in Floras Lake totaling approximately 100 m length of sediment in pipe. 3 core sites in marshes on the south end of the lake were described and sampled. Anchor sample grabs were used to collect samples of the surface of the lake bed at 21 sites.

Staff: Daniel Powers

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Hadai vibracore, gouge core and surface samples
GPS: handheld Garmin devices
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2017-670-FA

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Floras Lake, OR

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