Radiocarbon data from coastal wetlands on the Hawaiian islands of Kaua'i, O'ahu, and Hawai'i

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).

Categories: Data; Tags: Anahola Valley, CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Hawai'i, Hawaiian Islands, All tags... Kahana Valley, Kaua'i, Nonliving resources, O'ahu, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Physical Habitats and Geomorphology, Physical/Chemical Features, Pololu Valley, State of Hawai'i, Substrate, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, carbon-14 analysis, geoscientificInformation, sediment, sediment transport, tsunamis, tsunamis, Fewer tags

Core descriptions and sand bed thickness data from Kahana Valley, O'ahu, Hawai'i

This portion of the data release contains information on cores that were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in Kahana Valley, O'ahu, Hawaii in 2015 and 2017. Sites were cored in order to describe wetland stratigraphy and to identify potential tsunami deposits. These cores contain mud, peat, fluvial sands, and marine carbonate sands, reflecting deposition in a variety of coastal environments. PDF files describe twenty-four (24) gouge and ‘Russian’ cores (hand held, side-filling peat augers) that were collected and described in the field. Cores collected in 2017 were described using the Troels-Smith sediment classification scheme (Troels-Smith, 1955; Nelson, 2015). Another pdf file (Kahana_cores_legend.pdf) contains...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Hawaiian Islands, Kahana Valley, Nonliving resources, All tags... O'ahu, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Physical Habitats and Geomorphology, Physical/Chemical Features, State of Hawai'i, Substrate, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, core analysis, geoscientificInformation, sediment, tsunamis, Fewer tags

Vibracore photographs, computed tomography scans, and core-log descriptions from Pololu Valley, Island of Hawaii

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. Two (2) pdf files (VC1.pdf, VC2.pdf) describe vibracores that were split, imaged by a line-scanner camera, scanned to generate computed tomagraphic (CT) images, and visually described. A detailed description of the upper 150 cm of VC1 using the Troels-Smith sediment classification scheme (Troels-Smith, 1955; Nelson,...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Hawaiian Islands, Island of Hawai'i, Nonliving resources, All tags... PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Physical Habitats and Geomorphology, Physical/Chemical Features, Pololu Valley, State of Hawai'i, Substrate, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, core analysis, geoscientificInformation, sediment, tsunamis, Fewer tags

Radiocarbon ages, age-model code, and other supplemental data for Nelson et al. (2021), A maximum rupture model for the central and southern Cascadia subduction zone—assessing ages for coastal evidence of megathrust earthquakes and tsunamis

This data release contains supplemental data for the following paper: Nelson, A.R., DuRoss, C.B., Mahan, S.A., Gray, H.J., Engelhart, S.E., Witter, R.C., Hawkes, A.D., Horton, B.P., Kelsey, H.M., and Padgett, J.S., 2021, A maximum rupture model for the central and southern Cascadia subduction zone—assessing ages for coastal evidence of megathrust earthquakes and tsunamis: Quaternary Science Reviews 261, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106922. The data include a compilation of new and previously published radiocarbon ages from the original cores from Bradley Lake of Kelsey et al. (2005; odt format), and tables of new and previously published radiocarbon data for 7 of the 13 tidal wetland sites along the...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Cascadia Megathrust, Cascadia subduction zone, Earthquake Hazard Program, GHSC, Geologic Hazards Science Center, All tags... Tsunami hazard planning, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), USGS:5908a1b3e4b0fc4e448ffe23, coastal hazards, earthquake contact, earthquake hazards, earthquake history, lake tsunami history, large earthquake ruptures, paleoearthquake correlation, radiocarbon dating, seismic hazard, tsunami contact, Fewer tags

Sediment grain-size distributions of three carbonate sand layers in Anahola Valley, Kaua'i, Hawai'i (ver. 2.0, July 2023)

This portion of the data release presents sediment grain-size data from samples collected from Anahola Valley, Kaua`i, Hawai`i in November, 2015 (USGS Field Activity 2015-671-FA). 63 sand and mud samples were taken from sediment cores that were collected using a Russian corer (a hand-held, side-filling peat auger) from two site locations. Site locations were determined using a hand-held global navigation satellite system, GNSS. The grain-size distributions of samples were determined using standard techniques developed by the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center sediment lab. The grain-size data are provided in a comma-delimited spreadsheet (.csv). Core ANA15-RC1 BR contained two carbonate sand layers (Sand...

Categories: Data; Tags: Anahola Valley, CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Hawaiian Islands, Kaua'i, All tags... Nonliving resources, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Physical Habitats and Geomorphology, Physical/Chemical Features, State of Hawai'i, Substrate, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, USGS:5b6b7580e4b006a11f794fcb, geoscientificInformation, grain-size analysis, sediment, sediment transport, tsunamis, tsunamis, Fewer tags

Compiled onshore and offshore paleoseismic data along the Cascadia Subduction zone

The USGS Powell Center Cascadia earthquake hazards working group compiled published onshore and offshore paleoseismic data along the Cascadia subduction zone, spanning sites from Vancouver Island to the Mendocino triple junction. Evidence for megathrust rupture includes coastal land-level change, tsunami inundation, onshore shaking proxies such as landslides or liquefaction, and offshore shaking proxies such as marine turbidites. The quality of paleoseismic data for megathrust rupture along the Cascadia subduction zone collected over the past three decades varies because analytical capabilities and data collection methodologies have evolved. Thus, as part of the compilation, we also present a ranking scheme to assess...

Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, British Columbia, California State, Cascadia subduction zone, Ecology, All tags... Geomorphology, Marine Geology, Oregon State, Sedimentology, Seismology, Stratigraphy, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Washington State, earthquake, economy, lacustrine turbidite, landslide, liquefaction, marine turbidite, paleoseismic, subsidence, tsunami, Fewer tags

Vibracore photographs, computed tomography scans, and core-log descriptions from Anahola Valley, Kaua'i, Hawai'i

This portion of the data release contains information on vibracores that were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in Anahola Valley, Kaua'i, Hawai'i in 2015. Sites were cored in order to identify potential tsunami deposits and describe wetland stratigraphy. These vibracores contain mud, peat, volcanic sands, and carbonate sands, reflecting deposition in a variety of coastal environments. PDF files describe eight (8) vibracores that were split, imaged by a line-scanner camera, scanned to generate computed tomagraphic (CT) images, and visually described. Another pdf file (Anahola_cores_legend.pdf) contains a core-log legend. A comma-delimited text file (Anahola_sand_thickness.csv) includes tabulated information...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Anahola Valley, CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Hawaiian Islands, Kaua'i, All tags... Nonliving resources, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Physical Habitats and Geomorphology, Physical/Chemical Features, State of Hawai'i, Substrate, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, core analysis, geoscientificInformation, sediment, tsunamis, Fewer tags

Core logs, scans, photographs, grain size, and radiocarbon data from coastal wetlands on the Hawaiian islands of Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, and Hawaiʻi (ver. 2.0, July 2023)

Over the past 200 years of written records, the Hawaiian Islands have experienced tens of tsunamis generated by earthquakes in the subduction zones of the Pacific "Ring of Fire" (for example, Alaska-Aleutian, Kuril-Kamchatka, Chile, and Japan). Mapping and dating anomalous beds of sand and silt along the coasts of these subduction zones are critical for assessing the hazard from distant as well as local tsunamis. This data release supports a study that reports on efforts to estimate future tsunami inundation through stratigraphic analyses of potential tsunami deposits beneath present and former Hawaiian wetlands, coastal lagoons, and river floodplains. Coastal wetland sites on the islands of Hawai'i, Maui, O'ahu,...

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