Field Activity 2021-614-FA

Identifier 2021-614-FA
Also known as Palos Verdes Fault 2021 (USGS/BOEM)
Purpose acquire seismic imaging of the Palos Verdes Fault zone to quantify damage zone characteristics and seismic hazards
Location San Pedro Shelf and Slope offshore Los Angeles
Summary Collection of Sparker MCS and CHIRP profiles across the Palos Verdes Fault Zone.
Info derived stratigraphic framework, fault/fracture distribution, sequence strat, fluid flow evidence
Comments There will be 8 days at sea.
Projects
Platform
Robert Gordon Sproul
Length: 125 feet; Beam: 32 feet.
Vehicles
Dodge Caravan - G41-2395R
MarFac; Ford 650 Box truck - White G71-03559
MarFac; Ford F350 pickup/stake truck; 6 pass; G82-0317H
Sonata Hybrid G10-6192P
Itinerary
Start San Diego, CA 2021-05-07
End San Diego, CA 2021-05-26
Days in the field 17
Bounds
West -118.54136467
East -117.84641504
North 33.89364486
South 33.37643027

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators James E ConradDaniel BrothersJared W Kluesner
Crew members
Robert M Wyland
Scientist, Staff
Rachel K Marcuson
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Alicia F Balster-gee
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Travis Alongi (UCSC), Mark Leung (BOEM)

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics
Data type: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sparker, Multichannel

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
minisparker Sparker (no data reported)
Mini sparker Sparker (no data reported)
0.5-16 kHz receiver Sub Bottom Profiler 1
0.5-16 kHz Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
Multichannel Multichannel 1
multichannel source Multichannel (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Chirp sub-bottom data collected during USGS field activity 2021-614-FA along the Palos Verdes Fault Zone 0.5-16 kHz receiver Chirp sub-bottom data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in May of 2021 along the Palos Verdes Fault Zone in San Pedro Bay and San Pedro Channel. MCS data were acquired coincident with chirp sub-bottom data. Alicia F Balster-gee
Multichannel minisparker seismic reflection data collected during USGS field activity 2021-614-FA along the Palos Verdes Fault Zone Multichannel High-resolution multichannel minisparker seismic reflection (MCS) data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in May of 2021 along the Palos Verdes Fault Zone in San Pedro Bay and San Pedro Channel. MCS data were acquired coincident with chirp sub-bottom data. Alicia F Balster-gee

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity