1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 2015-622-FA

Identifier 2015-622-FA
Also known as NEHRP - Geological Survey of Canada QCF cruise
Purpose Neotectonics investigation of the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather Fault System
Location SE Alaska and NW Canada, Pacific Ocean
Summary Benthos piston cores (30) and 0.75 cu m IKU grab samples (5), >900 line km Knudson low power 12 element 3.5 kHz chirp subbottom profiles, as well as 12 and 18 kHz echosounder data, and underwater camera transects (3) along the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather Fault System offshore British Columbia and Alaska
Info derived To image fault offsets and collect samples to determine reflection ages
Comments R/V John P. Tully. Data and samples will be archived at the Geological Survey of Canada. Adaberen nav software.
Projects
Platform
John P Tully
Length 225 feet; beam 47 feet; draft 14 feet.
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start Sidney, British Columbia, Canada 2015-09-15
End Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada 2015-09-27
Days in the field 13
Bounds
West -137.681
East -122.17122396
North 58.82208457
South 47.89892882

Personnel

Organization
Other(Other)
Principal investigators James E ConradKatherine L Coble
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
James E Conrad
Specialist, Information
Katherine L Coble
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal H. Gary Greene (Sitka Sound Science Center) J. Vaughn Barrie (Geological Survey of Canada)

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sampling, Seismics, Other
Data type: Navigation, Geology, Sub Bottom Profiler

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
navigation Navigation (no data reported)
grab sampler Surveys (geochemical), Geology (no data reported)
pistoncore Geology 1
3.5khz Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
Knudsen Chirp 3200 Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Radiocarbon age dating of biological material from cores pistoncore Results of radiocarbon age dating of planktic foraminifera, benthic foraminifera, and pelecypod shell fragments collected from piston cores, trigger weight cores, and IKU grab samples obtained in 2015 and 2017 offshore British Columbia, Canada and southeastern Alaska, U.S. along the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather fault zone. Mary L McGann

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity