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Research expedition to map and collect cores along the Cascadia Subduction Zone off the northern California coast

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Preparing to deploy piston core Deploying a piston core in rough seas Sunset on the aft deck of the R/V Bold Horizon USGS researchers deploying a CHIRP sub-bottom profiler Map of the Cascadia Subduction Zone in bathymetric detail A life preserver aboard the M/V Bold Horizon Monitors depicting a camera view of the M/V Bold Horizon's aft deck and a bathymetric map of the seafloor At the research command station aboard the M/V Bold Horizon Sunset over the back deck of the M/V Bold Horizon

Detailed Description

From mid-September to early October 2022, USGS researchers from the Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program embarked on an expedition aboard the M/V Bold Horizon to collect geophysical data and piston cores along the Cascadia Subduction Zone off the northern California coast.

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Public Domain.