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Field Activity Details for field activity L1811SC

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AKA: none

Other ID: L-18-11-SC

Status: Completed

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Principal Investigator(s): Bruce Jaffe, Bruce Richmond

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Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: paleo tsunami studies

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Start Date: 2011-10-21

End Date: 2011-10-26

Equipment Used: navigation, core, pushcore, samples

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Notes: cores stored in Pacific Science Center refrigerated core locker T102

Location:

Pillar Point Marsh

Boundaries
North: 37.50457 South: 35.17864 West: -122.497 East: -120.71896

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Publications

Wilson, R., Hemphill-Haley, E., Jaffe, B., Richmond, B., Peters, R., Graehl, N., Kelsey, H., Leeper, R., Watt, S., McGann, M., Hoirup, D., Chague-Goff, C., Goff, J., Caldwell, D., and Loofbourrow, C.S., 2014, The search for geologic evidence of distant-source tsunamis using new field data in California: In: Ross, S.L., and Jones, L.M. (Eds.), The SAFRR (Science Application for Risk Reduction) tsunami scenario. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013-1170-C, 122 p.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
navigation --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Global positioning system (GPS) data l-18-11-sc.060 (Provisional best file)
core --- Chemistry
Biology
Geology
Station Information
pushcore --- Geology
Station Information
samples --- Biology
Chemistry
Geology
Station Information

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