Field Activity 2023-662-FA

Identifier 2023-662-FA
Purpose Install 3 new benchmarks (1 GNSS-A station), replace 1 benchmark, and launch a waveglider to understand shallow megathrust locking in southern Cascadia
Location Offshore northern California
Info derived GNSS-A, location
Projects
Platform
Coral Sea
Length: 90 feet; Beam: 22 feet.
Itinerary
Start Eureka, CA 2023-09-05
End Eureka, CA 2023-09-08
Days in the field 4
Bounds
West -125.61035201
East -123.93676758
North 42.66089471
South 41.51680396
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
USGS, Earthquake Hazards
, CA
Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Janet Tilden Watt
Crew members
Rachel K Marcuson
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Janet Tilden Watt
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Ben Brooks, USGS Earthquake Science Center; Todd Ericksen, USGS Earthquake Science Center; Glenn Sasagawa, Scripps

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