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):
![]() M.T. Williams | R/V Jewell |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| subbottomprofiler | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | |
| core | --- | Chemistry Biology Geology | |
| Graviprobe | --- | Geology |