Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
Geoscience Data System
Field Activity 2023-663-FA
Identifier
2023-663-FA
Alternate names
Salmon River 2023
Purpose
To collect tsunami deposit data beyond the inland extent of sands (in silts). To identify trees killed by the last great earthquake in Cascadia circa 1700, that could be used to precisely date the event.
Location
Salmon River estuary, OR
Info derived
grain size, depth, thickness, microfossils
Projects
Coastal and marine earthquake, tsunami, and landslide active margin field studies
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start
Lincoln City, OR
2023-10-09
End
Lincoln City, OR
2023-10-13
Days in the field
5
Bounds
West
-124.0237999
East
-123.92324066
North
45.05392696
South
45.00981669
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Personnel
Organization
USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
(PCMSC)
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz,
CA
95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators
SeanPaul M La Selle
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
SeanPaul M La Selle
Specialist, Information
Data types and categories
Data category:
Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type:
Navigation, Geology
Equipment used
Equipment
Usage description
Data types
Datasets
Handheld GPS
Navigation
(no data reported)
Push corer
Surveys (geochemical)
, Surveys (biological)
, Biology
, Geology
(no data reported)
core
Biology
, Geology
(no data reported)
Publications
Samples collected during this field activity
