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Field Activity Details for field activity 2019-663-FA

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AKA: Searsville coring 2020

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): Other

Funding Program(s): Other (Other)

Principal Investigator(s): SeanPaul La Selle

Affiliate Investigator(s): Brian Sherrod (USGS)

Information Specialist(s): Brandon (Contractor) Nasr

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect cores of sediments retained behind the Searsville Lake Dam and in Upper Lake for earthquake and ecological studies.

Vehicle(s): MarFac; Crysler G12-0254S, MarFac; Ford 650 Box truck - White G71-03559

Start Port/Location: Stanford, California

End Port/Location: Stanford, California

Start Date: 2020-02-18

End Date: 2020-02-21

Equipment Used: Handheld GPS, Vibracore

Information to be Derived: Core imagery, CT scans, XRF, bulk density

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collecting three vibracores in Searsville Lake and two vibracores in the marsh near Upper Lake.

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Brian Sherrod (USGS Earthquake Hazards Program) is PI. The working halves of collected cores will be stored in the PCMSC cold room, the archive halves will be kept in a cold room at Stanford.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2018-682-FA

Location:

Jasper Ridge Biological Reserve, Stanford, California, United States

Boundaries
North: 37.40769865 South: 37.39880088 West: -122.24753371 East: -122.23496046

Platform(s):

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Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Handheld GPS --- Navigation
Vibracore --- Geology

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