Field Activity 2026-624-FA

Identifier 2026-624-FA
Alternate names OR and WA Lakes, 2026
Purpose To acquire geophysical and geological evidence of prehistoric earthquake ground motions
Location Coastal Oregon and Puget Lowland of Washington
Info derived multibeam bathymetry, subbottom chirp profiles, sediment cores, and graviprobe penetrometer data. Goal is to define stratigraphic framework, grain size, geomorphic characteristics of lakes that are severely shaking during great Cascadia earthquakes
Projects
Platform
M.T. Williams
Length: 18 feet
R/V Jewell
2018 Pacific Boats, Length: 23 ft, Beam: 8.6 ft, Draft: 1 meter
Vehicles
MarFac; Sprinter
Itinerary
Start Florence, OR 2026-07-06
End Bellingham, WA 2026-07-25
Days in the field 20
Bounds
West -128.27636987
East -119.54003692
North 49.68895314
South 42.51422097

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Daniel BrothersSingleton, DrakeBoe Derosier
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Alicia F Balster-gee
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Brian Sherrod (ESC)

Data types and categories

Data category: Sonar, Sampling, Seismics
Data type: Multibeam, Geology, Sub Bottom Profiler

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
subbottomprofiler Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
core Chemistry, Biology, Geology (no data reported)
Graviprobe Geology (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity