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Field Activity Details for field activity S105IN

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AKA: none

Other ID: S-1-05-IN,ITST

Status: Completed

Organization(s): University of Southern California, University of Washington, Vassar College, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Lab, USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Jose Borrero

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Bruce Jaffe

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Wave, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect water level measurements; onshore wave height, runup and profile measurements, shallow and intermediate water depth bathymetry, reconnaisance of shore accdess and sediment transect sites.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Banda Aceh , Sumatra

End Port/Location: Padang, Sumatra

Start Date: 2005-03-30

End Date: 2005-04-12

Equipment Used: wavegauge, navigation, depthsounder

Information to be Derived: Focus on sedimentation and erosion, paleostunami deposits, uplift and subsidence, groundwater salinity

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Jose Borrero

Affiliate Staff:
Vasily Titov - NOAA PMEL
Brian McAdoo - Vassar
Bob Peters - USGS
Bretwood Higman - Univ. Washington
Etienne Kingsley - USGS

Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Jose Borrero - USC
Vasily Titov - NOAA PMEL
Brian McAdoo - Vassar
Bob Peters - USGS
Bretwood Higman - Univ. Washington
Etienne Kingsley - USGS

Location:

Sumatra

Boundaries
North: 6 South: -2 West: 95 East: 101

Platform(s):

photo of Seimoa
Seimoa

Publications

U. S. Geological Survey, Notes from the field: USGS Scientists in Sumatra Studying Recent Tsunamis: U. S. Geological Survey , http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/news/reports.html.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
wavegauge --- Wave
navigation --- Navigation
depthsounder --- Single Beam

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