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

Field Activity 2014-680-FA

Identifier 2014-680-FA
Purpose collect core samples of the 2011 tsunami deposit in order to validate tsunami sediment transport modeling
Location NE Japan
Summary Collected 10 push cores and 9 grab samples of sand of the 2011 Tsunami deposit
Info derived Grain Size
Comments submitted after trip by CR; info emailed 11/20/2014 by Seanpaul La Selle. The main purpose of the trip was to work on developing tsunami models and do site visits, but we unexpectedly had the opportunity to do some field work and collected a number of samples.
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start Sendai, Japan 2014-11-11
End Sendai, Japan 2014-11-15
Days in the field 5
Bounds
West 140
East 143
North 41
South 36

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Bruce E JaffeGuy R Gelfenbaum
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
SeanPaul M La Selle
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Kazuhiro Goto, Daisuke Sugawara

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type: Photo, Navigation, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
camera Photo (no data reported)
Handheld GPS Navigation (no data reported)
Hand-grab sample Biology, Chemistry, Geology (no data reported)
Push corer Surveys (geochemical), Surveys (biological), Biology, Geology (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity