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Field Activity Details for field activity 2021-646-FA

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AKA: Oceanus Coring 2021

Other ID: none

Status: Cancelled

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

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

Principal Investigator(s): Janet Watt, Jenna Hill

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Alicia Balster-gee

Data Type(s): Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Piston coring and Chirp surveys for earthquake, landslide and tsunami hazard studies

Vehicle(s): Ford Fusion HEV G10-6618K

Start Port/Location: Newport, OR

End Port/Location: Newport, OR

Start Date: 2021-10-03

End Date: 2021-10-09

Equipment Used: 0.5-16 kHz receiver, 0.5-16 kHz, pistoncore

Information to be Derived: Stratigraphy, faults, landslide deposits, turbidites

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Janet Watt, Daniel Powers, Nora Nieminski, Rachel Marcuson, Jared Kluesner, Jenna Hill, Alicia Balster-gee

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Cancelled due to vessel contract issue.

Location:

Newport, Astoria, Oregon, United States, Pacific Ocean

Boundaries
North: 47.71207166 South: 44.22146074 West: -126.07910156 East: -124.02259827

Platform(s):

photo of Oceanus
Oceanus

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
0.5-16 kHz receiver --- Sub Bottom Profiler
0.5-16 kHz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
pistoncore --- Geology

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