AKA: none
Other ID: S-5-09-SC
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Tsunami Hazard Potential (MU292)
Principal Investigator(s): James Conrad, Holly Ryan
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): James Conrad
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sparker
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collection of high-resolution seismic-reflection profiles offshore of Los Angeles, CA to assess neotectonic activity (recency of fault motion and potential for earthquake and tsunami hazards)
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Long Beach, CA
End Port/Location: Long Beach, CA
Start Date: 2009-07-06
End Date: 2009-07-10
Equipment Used: Minisparker, GPS, Chirp
Information to be Derived: Location of active faults and other evidence of active seafloor deformation. Stratigraphy of basin sediments.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: James Conrad, Peter Dal Ferro, Gerry Hatcher, Ray Sliter
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Earthquake and Tsunami Hazards, Multi-Hazard Project. Pete Dal Ferro (USGS-MP) Ship captain, Ray Sliter (USGS-MP) Marine Geophysicist/Mammal Observer, Gerry Hatcher (USGS-MP) Electronics Technician Minisparker sub-bottom cross-section sonar EdgeTech Chirp sub-bottom cross-section sonar
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Jamie Conrad (mammal observer) - chief scientist
Holly Ryan (chief scientist, mammal observer) - co
Ray Sliter (mammal observer) - seismic watchstander
Gerry Hatcher - ET/MT
Pete Dal Ferro - skipper
Location:
and Santa Monica Basin
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 33.73608 | South: 33.29057 | West: -118.564 | East: -118.06149 |
Platform(s):
 Parke Snavely |
Conrad, J., and Ryan, H., 2009, Catalina or Bust: USGS Group Maps Faults Offshore of Los Angeles: U. S. Geological Survey Sound Waves Monthly Newsletter, September 2009, http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2009/09/fieldwork4.html.
Sliter, R.W., Conrad, J.E., Ryan, H.F., and Triezenberg, P.J., 2017, Chirp seismic-reflection data of field activity S-5-09-SC: San Pedro Basin, offshore southern California from 2009-07-06 to 2009-07-10: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F75Q4T8F.
Sliter, R.W., Conrad, J.E., Ryan, H.F., and Triezenberg, P.J., 2017, Minisparker seismic-reflection data of field activity S-5-09-SC: San Pedro Basin, offshore southern California from 2009-07-06 to 2009-07-10: U.S. Geological Survey data release.
FAN S509SC has data viewable in the GeoMappApp/Virtual Ocean applications. To view this data in these applications go to http://www.geomapapp.org/ and http://www.virtualocean.org/. See the instructions for locating USGS data in these applications. You can also view the imagery created from the SEGY data at https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/images.php?cruise=S509SC.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minisparker | --- | Sparker | Sparker seismic data (CMGDS) Survey information (InfoBank start/end of line) Minisparker seismic-reflection data collected in the San Pedro Basin, offshore of southern California (This dataset includes raw and processed, high-resolution seismic-reflection data collected in 2009 to explore a possible connection between the San Diego Trough Fault and the San Pedro Basin Fault. The survey is in the San Pedro Basin between Santa Catalina Island and San Pedro, California. The data were collected aboard the U.S. Geological Survey R/V Parke Snavely. The seismic-reflection data were acquired using a SIG 2mille minisparker. Subbottom acoustic penetration spanned tens to several hundreds of meters, variable by location.) |
| GPS | --- | Navigation | Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format (InfoBank) Global positioning system (GPS) data s-5-09-sc.060 (InfoBank) Global positioning system (GPS) data s-5-09-sc.061 (Provisional best file) |
| Chirp | --- | Boomer | Chirp seismic data (CMGDS) Survey information (InfoBank on/off file) Chirp seismic-reflection data collected in the San Pedro Basin, offshore of southern California (This dataset includes raw and processed, high-resolution seismic-reflection data collected in 2009 to explore a possible connection between the San Diego Trough Fault and the San Pedro Basin Fault. The survey is in the San Pedro Basin between Santa Catalina Island and San Pedro, California. The data were collected aboard the U.S. Geological Survey R/V Parke Snavely. The seismic-reflection data were acquired using an EdgeTech 512 chirp subbottom profiler. Subbottom acoustic penetration spanned tens to about 50 meters, variable by location.) |
