AKA: none
Other ID: 2018 Anchorage Quake Supplemental- Lakes Phase II
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, USGS, Alaska Science Center
Funding Program(s): Other (Other), Coastal and marine earthquake, tsunami, and landslide active margin field studies (ZP00EQV)
Principal Investigator(s): Drake Singleton, Jenna Hill, Daniel Brothers
Affiliate Investigator(s): Peter Haeussler (USGS ASC), Rob Witter (USGS ASC)
Information Specialist(s): Drake Singleton, Alicia Balster-gee
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: High resolution geophysical surveys and coring in lakes to detect geological evidence for the 2018 M7.1 Anchorage earthquake.
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Anchorage, AK
End Port/Location: Anchorage, AK
Start Date: 2021-06-01
End Date: 2021-06-22
Equipment Used: navigation equipment, 0.5-16 kHz receiver, 0.5-16 kHz, core
Information to be Derived: Stratigraphic framework, MTD detection, age dating, and grain size.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 45 hammer gravity cores from Skilak, Kenai, Tustumena, and Chelatna lakes. Field tested new PCMSC's new 216 Chirp on Skilak, Kenai and Chelatna lakes. In total collected over 50 NM of seismic profiles.
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Drake Singleton will be the point of contract for this operation.
Location:
Kenai Peninsula Lakes (Skilak, Kenai, Tustamena) and Chelatna Lake
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 63.04328909 | South: 59.68992622 | West: -152.98822403 | East: -148.29654694 |
Platform(s):
Other |
Singleton, D.M., Brothers, D.S., Hill, J.C., Haeussler, P.J., and Witter, R.C., 2023, Geophysical and core sample data collected in lakes and fjords of southcentral Alaska following the 2018 Anchorage earthquake: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P924775B.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| navigation equipment | --- | Navigation | |
| 0.5-16 kHz receiver | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | |
| 0.5-16 kHz | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | |
| core | --- | Biology Geology |
