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Field Activity Details for field activity 2026-624-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: OR and WA Lakes, 2026

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)

Contact(s): Boe Derosier, Drake Singleton, Daniel Brothers

Information Specialist(s): Alicia Balster-gee

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To acquire geophysical and geological evidence of prehistoric earthquake ground motions

Vehicle(s): MarFac; Sprinter

Start Port/Location: Florence, OR

End Port/Location: Bellingham, WA

Start Date: 2026-07-06

End Date: 2026-07-25

Equipment Used: subbottomprofiler, core, Graviprobe

Information to be Derived: multibeam bathymetry, subbottom chirp profiles, sediment cores, and graviprobe penetrometer data. Goal is to define stratigraphic framework, grain size, geomorphic characteristics of lakes that are severely shaking during great Cascadia earthquakes

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Notes:

Location:

Coastal Oregon and Puget Lowland of Washington

Boundaries
North: 49.68895314 South: 42.51422097 West: -128.27636987 East: -119.54003692

Platform(s):

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

R/V Jewell

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
subbottomprofiler --- Sub Bottom Profiler
core --- Chemistry
Biology
Geology
Graviprobe --- Geology

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