Field Activity 2016-635-FA

Identifier 2016-635-FA -- CANCELED
Purpose Document late Holocene sea level history on motus (atoll islets).
Location Aitutaki, Cook Islands, South Pacific
Summary Unfortunately the Aitutaki field work never took place because non-USGS project scientist was unable to secure the proper permits.
Info derived Age dating and composition.
Comments Transport will be by local vehicles and small boats.
Projects
Platform
Other
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start Santa Cruz, CA 2016-06-01
End Aitutaki, Cook Islands 2017-06-30
Days in the field 14
Bounds
West -159.846
East -159.72088692
North -18.84514791
South -18.95556844

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Bruce M Richmond
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Bruce M Richmond
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Prof Charles Fletcher, Univ Hawaii

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
camera, GPS Photo, Navigation (no data reported)
Handheld GPS Navigation (no data reported)
drillcore Geology (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity