Field Activity 2017-652-FA

Identifier 2017-652-FA
Purpose Neotectonics investigation of the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather Fault System
Location Puget Sound, WA, SE Alaska, and NW Canada, Pacific Ocean
Summary Data and samples will be archived at the Geological Survey of Canada.
Info derived To image fault offsets and collect samples to determine reflection ages.
Comments Data and samples will be archived at the Geological Survey of Canada. IKU grab sampler
Projects
Platform
John P Tully
Length 225 feet; beam 47 feet; draft 14 feet.
Vehicles
MarFac; Ford 650 Box truck - White G71-03559
Itinerary
Start Sidney, British Columbia, Canada 2017-09-09
End Sidney, British Columbia, Canada 2017-10-03
Days in the field 20
Bounds
West -137.681
East -122.17122
North 58.82208
South 47.89893

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators James E ConradDaniel Brothers
Crew members
James E Conrad
Scientist, Staff
Mary L McGann
Scientist, Staff
Daniel Brothers
Scientist, Staff
Amy East
Scientist, Staff
Rachel K Marcuson
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
James E Conrad
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal H. Gary Greene (Sitka Sound Science Center), J. Vaughn Barrie (Geological Survey of Canada)

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sampling, Seismics
Data type: Navigation, Geology, Multichannel, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
grab sampler Surveys (geochemical), Geology 2
navigation Navigation (no data reported)
Multichannel Multichannel (no data reported)
chaindredge Geology (no data reported)
Other Unknown, Multichannel, Boomer, Sub Bottom Profiler, Sparker, Bubble Gun, Air Gun / Water Gun, Ocean Bottom Seismometer, Sonobuoy (no data reported)
Knudsen Chirp 3200 Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
Mini sparker Sparker (no data reported)
minisparker Sparker (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Geochemical analysis of seeps along the Queen Charlotte Fault grab sampler Geochemical analyses of authigenic carbonates, bivalves, and pore fluids were performed on samples collected from seep fields along the Queen Charlotte Fault, a right lateral transform boundary that separates the Pacific and North American tectonic plates. Samples were collected using grab samplers and piston cores, and were collected during three different research cruises in 2011, 2015, and 2017. Nancy G Prouty

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Radiocarbon age dating of biological material from cores grab sampler Results of radiocarbon age dating of planktic foraminifera, benthic foraminifera, and pelecypod shell fragments collected from piston cores, trigger weight cores, and IKU grab samples obtained in 2015 and 2017 offshore British Columbia, Canada and southeastern Alaska, U.S. along the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather fault zone. Mary L McGann

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity