Field Activity 2014-640-FA

Identifier 2014-640-FA
Purpose Collect core samples for paleotsunami studies.
Location Waipio Valley, Hawaii; Pololu Valley, Hawaii
Summary Collected 8 Vibracores at two study sites. Also collected stratigraphic data from push cores.
Info derived Frequency and inundation of past tsunamis.
Comments 9/4/2014 Updating staffing status. 4 wheel drive rental. Possible small boat hire for adjacent valley (weather permitting).
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start Hilo, HI 2014-08-15
End Hilo, HI 2014-08-25
Days in the field 10
Bounds
West -155.7728
East -155.55950928
North 20.21677761
South 20.0558379

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Bruce M Richmond
Crew members
SeanPaul M La Selle
Scientist, Staff
Bruce M Richmond
Scientist, Staff
Brent D Lunghino
Scientist, Staff
Bruce E Jaffe
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Brent D Lunghino
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal James Goof, UNSW; Catherine Chague-Goff, UNSW; gerard Fryer, NOAA, Chip Fletcher, UH

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type: Photo, Navigation, Transects, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Camera-still Photo (no data reported)
Handheld GPS Nomad Benchmarks, LIDAR, Navigation, Profiles, Transects (no data reported)
Push corer Surveys (geochemical), Surveys (biological), Biology, Geology 1
Vibracore Geology 2
Other Unknown, Geology, Biology, Chemistry (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Vibracore photographs, computed tomography scans, and core-log descriptions from Pololu Valley, Island of Hawaii Vibracore This portion of the data release contains information on vibracores that were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in Pololu Valley, Island of Hawai'i in 2014. Five sites were cored in order to describe wetland stratigraphy and to identify potential tsunami deposits. These vibracores contain mud, peat, fluvial sands, and marine volcanic sands, reflecting deposition in a variety of coastal environments. SeanPaul M La Selle

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Vibracore photographs, computed tomography scans, and core-log descriptions from Pololu Valley Push corer Vibracore photographs, computed tomography scans, and core-log descriptions from Pololu Valley, Island of Hawaii SeanPaul M La Selle
Radiocarbon data from coastal wetlands on the Hawaiian islands of Kaua'i, O'ahu, and Hawai'i Vibracore This portion of the data release presents radiocarbon age data from 66 samples collected from Anahola Valley (Kaua'i), Kahana Valley (O'ahu), and Pololu Valley (Hawai'i). Sample ages were determined by the National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (NOSAMS) facility. The data are provided in a comma-delimited spreadsheet (.csv). SeanPaul M La Selle

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity