Field Activity 2011-008-FA

Identifier 2011-008-FA
Purpose Compare storm deposits from last year's Eral Cat 4 hurricane to tsunami overwash evidence 0n te island
Location Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Dominican Republic, northeast Caribbean, North Atlantic;,
Summary Storm flloding evidence on the island of Anegada, BVI, from 2010 Category 4 hurricane Earl is insignificant compared with evidence found eralier for an extensive over-wash of the island.
Comments Collected a U/Th coral sample and leaf and root samples for 14C. reconnoitered the eastern end of the island. Interviewed people about flooding effect of hurricane Earl. excavated shallow trenches along north and south sides of the islands. Data curators are Brian Atwater and Martitia Tuttle. Project = Tsunami Haz/Dev of Source Pot,
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Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start N/A 2011-02-04
End N/A 2011-02-09
Days in the field 5
Bounds
West -64.4252
East -64.25766
North 18.75421
South 18.67877

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Uri Ten Brink
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Uri Ten Brink
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Brian Atwater
Affiliate staff Brian Atwater - USGS-Water Resources, Seattle; Bob Halley - USGS emeritus; Tish Tuttle - independent; Zamara Fuentes - UPR student

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery
Data type: Photo

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Digital camera Photo (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity