Field Activity 2023-646-FA

Identifier 2023-646-FA
Alternate names Eel River Earthquake Stratigraphic Investigation
Data provider California Fish and Wildlife is providing access permissions
Purpose To map and collect sediment cores consistent with great earthquakes and tsunami.
Location Tidal wetland stratigraphic investigation at the mouth of the Eel River.
Info derived grain size, foraminiferal analysis, and radiocarbon dating
Comments Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2022-650-FA.
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Vehicles
MarFac; Sprinter
Itinerary
Start Ferndale, CA 2023-07-23
End Ferndale, CA 2023-07-28
Days in the field 5
Bounds
West -124.34326172
East -124.25056458
North 40.69365477
South 40.57902014
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators SeanPaul M La SellePadgett, Jason
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Padgett, Jason
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Rob Witter (Alaska Science Center), Harvey Kelsey (Humboldt State University)

Data types and categories

Data category: Sampling
Data type: Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
SIPRE corer Geology (no data reported)
Vibracore Geology (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity