AKA: none
Other ID: Salmon River 2023
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): SeanPaul La Selle
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): SeanPaul La Selle
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect tsunami deposit data beyond the inland extent of sands (in silts). To identify trees killed by the last great earthquake in Cascadia circa 1700, that could be used to precisely date the event.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Lincoln City, OR
End Port/Location: Lincoln City, OR
Start Date: 2023-10-09
End Date: 2023-10-13
Equipment Used: Handheld GPS, Push corer, core
Information to be Derived: grain size, depth, thickness, microfossils
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
Salmon River estuary, OR
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 45.05392696 | South: 45.00981669 | West: -124.0237999 | East: -123.92324066 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Handheld GPS | --- | Navigation | |
| Push corer | --- | Surveys (geochemical) Surveys (biological) Biology Geology | |
| core | --- | Biology Geology |
