Field Activity 2017-612-FA

Identifier 2017-612-FA
Purpose Characterize recent deformation and estimate earthquake recurrence on the Seattle Fault zone
Location Puget Sound, Washington
Summary Data submitted to FAD 3/7/2017 We collected multi-channel sparker and towed chirp sub-bottom data in Puget Sound and multi-channel boomer and towed chirp sub-bottom data in Lake Washington
Info derived MCS sparker, MCS boomer, chirp sub-bottom
Comments R/V Barnes, UW vessel Working with USGS Earthquake Science Center in Seattle, WA and Univ. of Washington faculty (Emily Roland)
Projects
Platform
Clifford A. Barnes
Length 65.5 feet; beam 19 feet.
Vehicles
MarFac; Ford 650 Box truck - White G71-03559
Itinerary
Start Seattle, WA 2017-02-18
End Seattle, WA 2017-02-28
Days in the field 10
Bounds
West -122.85736084
East -122.11712646
North 48.10412981
South 47.20861616

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Organization
Other(Other)
Principal investigators Janet Tilden WattDaniel Brothers
Crew members
Robert M Wyland
Scientist, Staff
Rachel K Marcuson
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Janet Tilden Watt
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Brian Sherrod, USGS Seattle; Scott Bennett, USGS Seattle; Emily Roland, University of Washington

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Seismics
Data type: Navigation, Boomer, Multichannel, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Other Unknown, Profiles, Transects, Benchmarks, LIDAR, Navigation (no data reported)
Other Unknown, Multichannel, Boomer, Sub Bottom Profiler, Sparker, Bubble Gun, Air Gun / Water Gun, Ocean Bottom Seismometer, Sonobuoy (no data reported)
Multichannel Multichannel 2
512 chirp-source Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
512 chirp Sub Bottom Profiler 1
Mini sparker Sparker (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Multichannel boomer data Multichannel High-resolution multichannel boomer seismic-reflection data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Washington in February of 2017 east of Seattle in Lake Washington, Washington. Alicia F Balster-gee
Multichannel minisparker data Multichannel High-resolution multichannel minisparker seismic-reflection data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Washington in February of 2017 west of Seattle in Puget Sound and in Lake Washington, Washington. Alicia F Balster-gee
Chirp sub-bottom data 512 chirp High-resolution chirp sub-bottom data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Washington in February of 2017 west of Seattle in Puget Sound and in Lake Washington, Washington. Alicia F Balster-gee

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity