Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
Geoscience Data System
Field Activity 2019-635-FA
Identifier
2019-635-FA
Purpose
Geophysical survey of Astoria Canyon and surrounding canyons to assess sediment storage, sediment mobility and potential response to earthquake shaking.
Location
Astoria Canyon, Washington, United States, Pacific Ocean
Summary
Chirp data collected.
Info derived
Sediment thickness, regional structure
Comments
Vessel: R/V Rachel Carson (U.Washington) Mini-sparker receiver: 48-channel streamer
Projects
Coastal and marine earthquake, tsunami, and landslide active margin field studies
Platform
Other
Vehicles
MarFac; Ford F350 pickup/stake truck; 6 pass; G82-0317H
Itinerary
Start
Astoria, OR
2019-08-12
End
Astoria, OR
2019-08-22
Days in the field
14
Bounds
West
-125.62007904
East
-124.03985827
North
47.59296724
South
46.00769673
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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
Hill, Jenna
Crew members
Gerald Hatcher
Scientist, Staff
Alicia F Balster-gee
Scientist, Staff
Maureen AL Walton
Scientist, Staff
Hill, Jenna
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Alicia F Balster-gee
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal
Andrea Ogston (University of Washington
Data types and categories
Data category:
Location-Elevation, Seismics
Data type:
Navigation, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler
Equipment used
Equipment
Usage description
Data types
Datasets
GPS
Navigation
(no data reported)
512 chirp-source
Sub Bottom Profiler
(no data reported)
512 chirp
Sub Bottom Profiler
(no data reported)
Mini sparker
Sparker
(no data reported)
48-channel streamer
Sparker
(no data reported)
Publications
Samples collected during this field activity
