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Field Activity Details for field activity 2019-651-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: CRADA Hosgri coring project

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Coastal and marine earthquake, tsunami, and landslide active margin field studies (ZP00EQV)

Principal Investigator(s): Jared Kluesner

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Alicia Balster-gee

Data Type(s): Seismics: Multichannel, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect sediment cores and CHIRP data to asses sediment ages and slip rates along the Hosgri Fault Zone.

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

Start Port/Location: Oakland, CA

End Port/Location: San Diego, CA

Start Date: 2019-10-18

End Date: 2019-10-24

Equipment Used: Multichannel, Differential GPS, Vibracore, 512 chirp-source, Other, 512 chirp, Mini sparker

Information to be Derived: sediment thickness and sediment age, grain size

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 36 chirp profiles (65 profiles including turns and line parts), 32 multichannel minisparker profiles, and 23 vibracores from 20 locations.

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Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Offshore Morro Bay

Boundaries
North: 35.77579932 South: 34.56729133 West: -121.43364429 East: -120.61263084

Platform(s):

photo of Bold Horizon
Bold Horizon

Publications

Snyder, G.R., Balster-Gee, A.F., Kluesner, J.W., Johnson, S.Y., Media, E., Simms, A., Nishenko, S., Greene, G., Conrad, J.E., 2022, Geophysical and core sample data collected offshore central California, during field activity 2019-651-FA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9A0U8J7.

Snyder, G.R., Balster-Gee, A.F., Kluesner, J.W., Johnson, S.Y., Medri, E., Simms, A., Nishenko, S., Greene, G., and Conrad, J.E., 2023, Geophysical and core sample data collected offshore central California, during field activity 2019-651-FA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9A0U8J7.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Multichannel --- Multichannel
Multichannel seismic-reflection and navigation data (Multichannel seismic-reflection data and associated navigation files were collected offshore central California in the vicinity of Morro Bay. These data were collected aboard the M/V Bold Horizon in October 2019 for use in regional hazard assessments relating to the Hosgri Fault.)
Differential GPS --- Navigation
Vibracore --- Geology
Radiocarbon age data from vibracores (This dataset includes radiocarbon age data from sediment cores collected offshore central California in the vicinity of Morro Bay. These data were collected aboard the M/V Bold Horizon in October 2019 for use in regional hazard assessments relating to the Hosgri Fault.)
Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) age data from vibracores (This dataset includes optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) age data from sediment cores collected offshore central California in the vicinity of Morro Bay. These data were collected aboard the M/V Bold Horizon in October 2019 for use in regional hazard assessments relating to the Hosgri Fault.)
Coordinates of vibracores (This dataset includes coordinate information for sediment cores collected offshore central California in the vicinity of Morro Bay. These data were collected aboard the M/V Bold Horizon in October 2019 for use in regional hazard assessments relating to the Hosgri Fault.)
Computed tomography (CT) scans of vibracores (This dataset includes computed tomography (CT) scans of sediment cores collected offshore central California in the vicinity of Morro Bay. These data were collected aboard the M/V Bold Horizon in October 2019 for use in regional hazard assessments relating to the Hosgri Fault.)
Multi-sensor core logger (MSCL) data of vibracores (This dataset includes multi-sensor core logger (MSCL) data from sediment cores collected offshore central California in the vicinity of Morro Bay. The sediment cores were collected aboard the M/V Bold Horizon in October 2019 for use in regional hazard assessments relating to the Hosgri Fault.)
Grain-size data of vibracores (This dataset includes grain-size data of sediment cores collected offshore central California in the vicinity of Morro Bay. These data were collected aboard the M/V Bold Horizon in October 2019 for use in regional hazard assessments relating to the Hosgri Fault.)
Photographs of vibracores (This dataset includes photographs of sediment cores collected offshore central California in the vicinity of Morro Bay. These data were collected aboard the M/V Bold Horizon in October 2019 for use in regional hazard assessments relating to the Hosgri Fault.)
Mineralogical point-count data from vibracores (This dataset includes mineralogical point-count data from sediment cores collected offshore central California in the vicinity of Morro Bay. These data were collected aboard the M/V Bold Horizon in October 2019 for use in regional hazard assessments relating to the Hosgri Fault.)
512 chirp-source --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Other --- --- ---
512 chirp --- Sub Bottom Profiler
CHIRP seismic-reflection and navigation data (CHIRP seismic-reflection data and associated navigation files were collected offshore central California in the vicinity of Morro Bay. These data were collected aboard the M/V Bold Horizon in October 2019 for use in regional hazard assessments relating to the Hosgri Fault.)
Mini sparker --- Sparker

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