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

Field Activity 2018-601-FA

Identifier 2018-601-FA
Purpose Collect 3D seismic data along the Hikurangi trench for subduction zone science.
Equipment or personnel only. Data, if any, are managed under a different field activity.
Location Hikurangi Trench, offshore New Zealnd
Summary USGS will NOT be the primary repository for data.
Info derived 3D image of the subduction margin and megathrust fault zone.
Comments USGS scientist Jared Kluesner participating on NSF/Academia-led 3D seismic on the R/V Langseth, offshore New Zealand
Projects
Platform
Marcus G. Langseth
235 feet long, 56-foot beam, 19.5 foot draft. Built in 1991.
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start Tauranga, Zew Zealand 2018-01-06
End Napier, New Zealand 2018-02-09
Days in the field 34
Bounds
West 178.21472368
East 179.74185817
North -38.50357938
South -39.42362625

Personnel

Organization Equipment or personnel support provided by
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Jared W Kluesner
Crew members
Edwards, Joel
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Jared W Kluesner
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Nathan Bangs, UTIG

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Seismics, Sonar
Data type: Navigation, Air Gun / Water Gun, Multibeam

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
navigation 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)
Other Unknown, Multibeam, Single Beam, Sidescan, Interferometric, Sound Velocity (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity