Field Activity 2022-626-FA

Identifier 2022-626-FA
Alternate names Gorda Waveglider Survey
Purpose Survey 2 new GPS-A seafloor geodetic stations installed in October 2021 using a waveglider to characterize shallow interseismic locking in southern Cascadia
Location Offshore Crescent City, CA
Summary Waveglider successfully launched by R/V Zephyr on 05/01/22. Locations of 2 seafloor geodetic stations were recorded.
Info derived GNSS-A horizontal velocity
Comments Using contract vessel R/V Zephyr
Projects
Platform
Zephyr
24 meter pilot vessel (79 feet long; beam 23.5 feet; draft 8 feet) MBARI, Moss Landing. Acquired by MBARI 2001, originally name San Francisco. Retired October, 2012 from MBARI. Purchased from MBARI by Outbound Marine LLC in 2013.
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start Eureka, CA 2022-04-30
End Eureka, CA 2022-05-02
Days in the field 3
Bounds
West -125.74039758
East -124.71650919
North 42.06832545
South 41.60585918
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Organization
USGS, Earthquake Hazards
, CA
Organization
Scripps Institution Of Oceanography, La Jolla, Ca
La Jolla, CA
Principal investigators Janet Tilden WattBrooks, Ben
Crew members
Rachel K Marcuson
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
(not identified)
Specialist, Information
Janet Tilden Watt
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Todd Ericksen, Ben Brooks, Mark Zumberge, David Price

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation
Data type: Benchmarks

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GNSS-A Benchmarks (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity