| Identifier | 2022-607-FA | ||||||||
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| Purpose | Surveying the extent of the 2022 Tonga sourced Tsunami that inundated the Santa Cruz Harbor, Manresa beach, and Beer Can beach. | ||||||||
| Location | Santa Cruz Harbor, Manresa, Beer Can Beach | ||||||||
| Info derived | Elevation, GPS data, and sand samples ( whirlpaks and push cores). | ||||||||
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California Geologic Survey
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| Organization |
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
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| Principal investigators | SeanPaul M La SelleBruce E Jaffe | ||||
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| Data category: | Location-Elevation, Sampling |
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| Data type: | Transects, Profiles, Geology |
| Equipment | Usage description | Data types | Datasets |
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| Trimble R7 GPS receiver | Benchmarks, LIDAR, Navigation, Profiles, Transects | 1 | |
| Push corer | Surveys (geochemical), Surveys (biological), Biology, Geology | (no data reported) |
| Dataset name | Equipment | Description | Dataset contact |
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| Observations of tsunami and runup heights in Santa Cruz Harbor and surrounding beaches from the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai tsunami | Trimble R7 GPS receiver | The 14 January 2022 eruption of Tonga Hunga-Tonga Ha'apai volcano generated tsunamis that impacted the west coast of the United States on the morning of 15 January 2022. This data release presents runup heights and tsunami heights collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the California Geological Survey (CGS) during surveys at the Santa Cruz Harbor and beaches in Santa Cruz County, California, on January 19th and 20th, 2022 (USGS Field Activity 2022-607-FA). | SeanPaul M La Selle |
