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Field Activity Details for field activity 2021-613-FA

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AKA: Kodiak Island Uyak Bay paleoseismology

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): 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): Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Determine the paleoseismic history along the Kodiak section of the Aleutian megathrust.

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Homer, AK

End Port/Location: Home, AK

Start Date: 2021-08-02

End Date: 2021-08-22

Equipment Used: Other

Information to be Derived: stratigraphic framework, grain size, age control

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected high-resolution Chrip dataset of Uyak Bay as well as short-barrel gravity cores. Target of field activity was sedimentary signal of large megathrust earthquakes beneath Kodiak Island.

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Notes: Drake Singleton is the point of contact for this operation

Location:

Kodiak Island, Alaska

Boundaries
North: 58.22055094 South: 56.44318565 West: -154.93649483 East: -151.58841133

Platform(s):

photo of Alaskan Gyre
Alaskan Gyre

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