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Field Activity Details for field activity 2022-626-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: Gorda Waveglider Survey

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Scripps Institution Of Oceanography, La Jolla, Ca, USGS, Earthquake Hazards

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

Principal Investigator(s): Ben Brooks, Janet Watt

Affiliate Investigator(s): Todd Ericksen, Ben Brooks, Mark Zumberge, David Price

Information Specialist(s): Other , Janet Watt

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Benchmarks

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Survey 2 new GPS-A seafloor geodetic stations installed in October 2021 using a waveglider to characterize shallow interseismic locking in southern Cascadia

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Eureka, CA

End Port/Location: Eureka, CA

Start Date: 2022-04-30

End Date: 2022-05-02

Equipment Used: GNSS-A

Information to be Derived: GNSS-A horizontal velocity

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Waveglider successfully launched by R/V Zephyr on 05/01/22. Locations of 2 seafloor geodetic stations were recorded.

Staff: Rachel Marcuson

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Using contract vessel R/V Zephyr

Location:

Offshore Crescent City, CA

Boundaries
North: 42.06832545 South: 41.60585918 West: -125.74039758 East: -124.71650919

Platform(s):

photo of Zephyr
Zephyr

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GNSS-A --- Benchmarks

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