Field Activity Details for field activity S107IN

AKA: S0107IN

Other ID: S-1-07-IN

Status: Completed

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

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

Principal Investigator(s): Guy Gelfenbaum, Peter Ruggiero

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Mark Buckley

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: 1) complete the documentation of a benchmark data set for tsunami sedimentology; 2) quantify beach topographic and nearshore bathymetric profile adjustment to tsunami erosion, co-seismic subsidence, and subsequent rebound and recovery; and 3) initiate a study of tsunami sediment deposition taphonomy.

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Start Port/Location: Banda Aceh, Indonesia

End Port/Location: Banda Aceh, Indonesia

Start Date: 2007-11-04

End Date: 2007-11-16

Equipment Used: pushcore, GPS, bathymetry

Information to be Derived: Topographic and bathymetric profiles, shoreline position, and detailed analysis of trenches and cores.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Topographic and bathymetric profile collection and tsunami deposit study at several locations along the northwest Sumatra coast previously studied in 2005.

Staff: Mark Buckley, Guy Gelfenbaum, Peter Ruggiero

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Notes: Sumatra coastal morphology and tsunami sedimentology. Shore based and local vessels.

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Guy Gelfenbaum
Peter Ruggiero
Mark Buckley

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Indonesia

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