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Field Activity Details for field activity 2021-656-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: Whatcom/Sammamish Lake Surveys 2021

Status: Pending

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): Daniel Brothers

Affiliate Investigator(s): Brian Sherrod (EHP)

Information Specialist(s): Peter Dartnell

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Bathymetric, subbottom and shallow core surveys to examine lacustrine records of paleoseismic events

Vehicle(s): MarFac; Mac Semi G82-0099N

Start Port/Location: Bellingham, WA

End Port/Location: Belvue, WA

Start Date: 2021-11-01

End Date: 2021-11-16

Equipment Used: SWATH plus-M , 0.5-16 kHz receiver, 0.5-16 kHz, Bob mini-hammer corer

Information to be Derived: stratigraphy, sedimentology and age control

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Seattle-Bellingham region

Boundaries
North: 49.02014063 South: 47.12562944 West: -124.80142593 East: -121.46381378

Platform(s):

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Parke Snavely

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
SWATH plus-M --- Interferometric
0.5-16 kHz receiver --- Sub Bottom Profiler
0.5-16 kHz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Bob mini-hammer corer --- Geology

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