1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity L0112SC

Identifier L0112SC
Alternate names L-01-12-SC
Purpose Document evidence of past tsunami deposition along the CA coast.
Description United States Geological Survey,Humboldt State University,California State University Fullerton,California Geologic Survey. Chief Scientist: Bruce Richmond. Paleotsunami Field Studies data of field activity L-01-12-SC in Coastal CA: Pt Reyes - San Diego from 02/02/2012 to 02/28/2012
Location Coastal CA: Pt Reyes - San Diego
Summary sample location on InfoBank
Info derived Age and distribution of paleotsunami deposits
Comments Staff information imported from InfoBank Bruce Richmond Bruce Jaffe Steve Watt Robert Peters Eileen Hemphill - Haley Rick Wilson Robert Leeper
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 2012-02-02
End (port not specified) 2012-02-28
Bounds
West -122.25
East -114.25
North 35.75
South 32.25
Activity Paleotsunami Field Studies

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Bruce M Richmond
Crew members
Steve Watt
Scientist, Staff
Bruce M Richmond
Scientist, Staff
Bruce E Jaffe
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Steve Watt
Specialist, Information
Affiliate staff Robert Peters,Rick Wilson,Robert Leeper

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sampling, Visual Identification, Other
Data type: Navigation, Geology, Ground Truthing

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Handheld GPS Navigation (no data reported)
Push corer Surveys (geochemical), Surveys (biological), Biology, Geology 1
Other Unknown, Species ID, Ground Truthing, Submersible Observations (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
l-01-12-sc.onoff.sample Push corer handheld GPS locations of samples Bruce M Richmond

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity