Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
Geoscience Data System
Field Activity L609SP
Identifier
L609SP
Alternate names
L-6-09-SP
Purpose
Characterize impacts of Sept 29, 2009 tsunami
Description
United States Geological Survey, Pacific Science Center. Chief Scientists: Bruce Jaffe, Bruce Richmond, Guy Gelfenbaum. Data (DGPS, Range finder, push cores) of field activity L-6-09-SP in American Samoa and Samoa from 10/04/2009 to 10/23/2009
Location
American Samoa and Samoa
Summary
tsunami inundation, flow depth, runup, geologic signature
Comments
Staff information imported from InfoBank Bruce Jaffe Bruce Richmond Guy Gelfenbaum Alex Apotsos - USGS Walter Dudley - University of Hawaii at Hilo
Projects
Tsunami Hazard Potential
Itinerary
Start
Pago Pago, American Samoa
2009-10-04
End
Pago Pago, American Samoa
2009-10-23
Bounds
West
-171
East
-170.25
North
-14.1
South
-14.5
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Personnel
Organization
USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
(PCMSC)
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz,
CA
95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators
Bruce M RichmondBruce E JaffeGuy R Gelfenbaum
Crew members
Bruce M Richmond
Scientist, Staff
Bruce E Jaffe
Scientist, Staff
Guy R Gelfenbaum
Scientist, Staff
Apotsos, Alex
Scientist, Staff
Dudley, Walter
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Steve Watt
Specialist, Information
Mark Buckley
Specialist, Information
Data types and categories
Data category:
Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type:
Navigation, Geology
Equipment used
Equipment
Usage description
Data types
Datasets
DGPS
Navigation
(no data reported)
Range finder
Navigation
(no data reported)
push cores
Geology
(no data reported)
Publications
Samples collected during this field activity