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Field Activity Details for field activity 2021-614-FA

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AKA: Palos Verdes Fault 2021 (USGS/BOEM)

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

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

Principal Investigator(s): Jared Kluesner, James Conrad, Daniel Brothers

Affiliate Investigator(s): Travis Alongi (UCSC), Mark Leung (BOEM)

Information Specialist(s): Alicia Balster-gee

Data Type(s): Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Multichannel

Scientific Purpose/Goals: acquire seismic imaging of the Palos Verdes Fault zone to quantify damage zone characteristics and seismic hazards

Vehicle(s): Dodge Caravan - G41-2395R, MarFac; Ford 650 Box truck - White G71-03559, MarFac; Ford F350 pickup/stake truck; 6 pass; G82-0317H, Sonata Hybrid G10-6192P

Start Port/Location: San Diego, CA

End Port/Location: San Diego, CA

Start Date: 2021-05-07

End Date: 2021-05-26

Equipment Used: minisparker, Mini sparker, 0.5-16 kHz receiver, 0.5-16 kHz, Multichannel, multichannel source

Information to be Derived: stratigraphic framework, fault/fracture distribution, sequence strat, fluid flow evidence

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collection of Sparker MCS and CHIRP profiles across the Palos Verdes Fault Zone.

Staff: Rachel Marcuson, Robert Wyland

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: There will be 8 days at sea.

Location:

San Pedro Shelf and Slope offshore Los Angeles

Boundaries
North: 33.89364486 South: 33.37643027 West: -118.54136467 East: -117.84641504

Platform(s):

photo of Robert Gordon Sproul
Robert Gordon Sproul

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Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
minisparker --- Sparker
Mini sparker --- Sparker
0.5-16 kHz receiver --- Sub Bottom Profiler
0.5-16 kHz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Multichannel --- Multichannel
multichannel source --- Multichannel

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