Field Activity Details for field activity 2021-631-FA

AKA: none

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): Other, USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Western Washington University, National Science Foundation

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

Principal Investigator(s): Maureen Walton

Affiliate Investigator(s): Emily Roland (Western Washington University) Lindsay Worthington (University of New Mexico) Mladen Nedimovic (Dalhousie University)

Information Specialist(s): Maureen Walton

Data Type(s): Sonar: Single Beam, Seismics: Ocean Bottom Seismometer

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To better understand geologic structure and earthquake hazards along the Queen Charlotte fault system.

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Port Angeles, Washington, USA

End Port/Location: Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada

Start Date: 2021-07-17

End Date: 2021-08-12

Equipment Used: 12khz, seismograph, Other

Information to be Derived: Seismic refraction, subsurface seismic velocity data, water depth

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Ocean bottom seismometers were deployed and retrieved after being shot to by a second ship, the R/V Langseth. 12 kHz sonar was used to detect water depth and instrument locations local to deployment areas.

Staff: Maureen Walton

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offshore, southeastern Alaska, Alaska, United States, western British Columbia, British Columbia, Haida Gwaii, Canada

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