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Field Activity Details for field activity 2024-653-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: Sierra Lakes

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): Drake Singleton, Daniel Brothers

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Boe Derosier, Alicia Balster-gee

Data Type(s): Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Multibeam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Acquire geophysical data and sediment cores in several Sierran lakes to examine records of strong shaking

Vehicle(s): MarFac; Ford F350 MT use only; pickup - white; G43-2784H, MarFac; Sprinter

Start Port/Location: Santa Cruz

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 2024-09-03

End Date: 2024-09-16

Equipment Used: SwathPlus, subbottomprofiler

Information to be Derived: Earthquake shaking records, paleo environmental records

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Eastern Sierra Nevada Range

Boundaries
North: 38.17602305 South: 35.61443559 West: -119.75097656 East: -117.51855388

Platform(s):

photo of M.T. Williams
M.T. Williams

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
SwathPlus --- Interferometric
Multibeam
subbottomprofiler --- Sub Bottom Profiler

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