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Field Activity Details for field activity L609SP

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AKA: none

Other ID: L-6-09-SP

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Tsunami Hazard Potential (MU292)

Principal Investigator(s): Bruce Jaffe, Bruce Richmond, Guy Gelfenbaum

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Mark Buckley, Steve Watt

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Characterize impacts of Sept 29, 2009 tsunami

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Pago Pago, American Samoa

End Port/Location: Pago Pago, American Samoa

Start Date: 2009-10-04

End Date: 2009-10-23

Equipment Used: DGPS, Range finder, push cores

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: tsunami inundation, flow depth, runup, geologic signature

Staff: Bruce Jaffe, Bruce Richmond, Guy Gelfenbaum, Alex Apotsos, Walter Dudley

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Bruce Jaffe
Bruce Richmond
Guy Gelfenbaum
Alex Apotsos - USGS
Walter Dudley - University of Hawaii at Hilo

Location:

American Samoa and Samoa

Boundaries
North: -14.1 South: -14.5 West: -171 East: -170.25

Platform(s):

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
DGPS --- Navigation
Range finder --- Navigation
push cores --- Geology

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