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Field Activity Details for field activity L2713NY

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AKA: none

Other ID: L-27-13-NY

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Tsunami Hazards, Modeling, and the Sedimentary Record (ZP00ES5)

Principal Investigator(s): Bruce Jaffe, Bruce Richmond

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Brent Lunghino

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Examine undisturbed Hurricane Sandy deposits.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Fire Island, NY

End Port/Location: Fire Island, NY

Start Date: 2013-11-07

End Date: 2013-11-13

Equipment Used: pushcore, Ground truthing obsvervations

Information to be Derived: Deposit characteristics from a major hurricane.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Bruce Jaffe, Brent Lunghino, Bruce Richmond

Affiliate Staff:
Seanpaul La selle

Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Bruce Richmond
Bruce Jaffe
Brent Lunghino
Seanpaul La selle
Cheryl Hapke

Location:

New York

Boundaries
North: 45.25 South: 40.25 West: -79.75 East: -72.25

Platform(s):

photo of on foot
on foot

Publications

La Selle, S.P.M., Lunghino, B.D., Jaffe, B.E., Gelfenbaum, G., and Costa, P.J.M., 2017, Hurricane Sandy washover deposits on Fire Island, New York: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017-1014.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
pushcore --- Geology
Ground truthing obsvervations --- Ground Truthing

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