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Field Activity Details for field activity 2021-645-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Tsunami Hazards, Modeling, and the Sedimentary Record (ZP00ES5)

Principal Investigator(s): SeanPaul La Selle

Affiliate Investigator(s): Bruce Jaffe

Information Specialist(s): Brandon (Contractor) Nasr

Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect vibracores from coastal lakes to find the record of paleo-tsunamis along the Cascadia Subduction Zone.

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Port Orford, Oregon

End Port/Location: Port Orford, Oregon

Start Date: 2021-09-18

End Date: 2021-09-26

Equipment Used: Vibracore

Information to be Derived: Radiocarbon age dates, grain size, diatom analysis

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 16 vibracores were collected and 12 surface samples collected.

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: MARFAC: Sprinter van

Location:

Garrison Lake, Oregon, United States; Floras Lake, Oregon, United States

Boundaries
North: 42.92022923 South: 42.73818728 West: -124.55303212 East: -124.46513996

Platform(s):

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Hadai

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Data Acquired

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

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