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Field Activity Details for field activity 2023-660-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: WAC23 Turnaround

Status: Pending

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

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

Principal Investigator(s): Kurt Rosenberger, Jenna Hill

Affiliate Investigator(s): Andrea Ogston, Evan Lahr; University of Washington

Information Specialist(s): Kurt Rosenberger

Data Type(s): Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To recover two bottom mounted tripods at the heads of Astoria and Quinault Canyons, download the data, and re-deploy the tripods. Surface sediment cores will also be collected via multi-corer

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Newport, OR

End Port/Location: Astoria, Oregon

Start Date: 2023-09-28

End Date: 2023-10-06

Equipment Used: Moorings - Tripods

Information to be Derived: Time-series data on currents and suspended sediment. Sediment cores

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Rachel Marcuson, Joanne C. Ferreira

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Washington Continental Shelf

Boundaries
North: 48.48748648 South: 45.05800144 West: -126.07910156 East: -123.75

Platform(s):

photo of Robert Gordon Sproul
Robert Gordon Sproul

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Moorings - Tripods --- Mooring (physical oceanography)

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