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Start date:
Mid October
End date:
Mid December
Locations:
Dry Valleys, Taylor Valley, Lake Fryxell, Lake Bonney, Lake Hoare
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Slawek M Tulaczyk
Organisation:
University of California Santa Cruz
State
California
This is the first of two seasons for this Dry Valleys geophysics team. Four participants will work out of fixed camps at Lake Fryxell, Lake Bonney and Lake Hoare to conduct ground-based electromagnets (GEM) and ground-penetrating radar (GPR) surveys. A fifth participant will coordinate deployment to work with collaborator Peter Doran’s LTER group (1637708/C-511) for soil sample collection. There are ten identified work locations that have been prioritized into three groups from highest (P1) to lowest (P3) priorities; locations will be accessed on foot and by helicopter. Helicopter support is also required for camp put-ins, pull-outs, and camp moves. Field Safety Coordinator support will be provided for some locations. PI Slawomir Tulaczyk will deploy slightly earlier to work with Blackburn (1644171/G-167), a project in which he is the co-PI, then will transfer to C-516.