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Field Activity Details for field activity L0511JP

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AKA: none

Other ID: L-05-11-JP

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Coastal and Marine Catastrophic Hazards (ZP00C4A), Tsunami Hazard Potential (MU292)

Principal Investigator(s): Bruce Jaffe

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Mark Buckley, Steve Watt

Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology, Visual Identification: Ground Truthing

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Document the geological impact of the 2011 Tohoku tsunami

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Sendai, Japan

End Port/Location: Sendai, Japan

Start Date: 2011-05-02

End Date: 2011-05-13

Equipment Used: samples, Ground truthing obsvervations

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Bruce Jaffe, Bruce Richmond

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Bruce Jaffe
Bruce Richmond

Location:

Japan

Boundaries
North: 45.75 South: 30.25 West: 125.25 East: 149.75

Platform(s):

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
samples --- Biology
Chemistry
Geology
Ground truthing obsvervations --- Ground Truthing

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