Field Activity Details for field activity 2023-667-FA

AKA: none

Other ID: Eastern Galapagos Spreading Center

Status: Pending

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Global Marine Mineral Resources ()

Principal Investigator(s): Amy Gartman

Affiliate Investigator(s): John Jamieson (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

Information Specialist(s): Amy Gartman

Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect hydrothermal geochemical data including push cores and hydrothermal minerals

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Golfito, Costa Rica

End Port/Location: Balboa, Panama

Start Date: 2023-10-23

End Date: 2023-11-23

Equipment Used: Push corer, grab sampler

Information to be Derived: Mineralogy, geochemical composition, grain size, total organic and inorganic carbon

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Maria Figueroa Matias, Hope Ianiri

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Amy Gartman is the primary investigator for USGS and the geochemical (rock/push core characterization) section of this project; John Jamieson (Memorial University of Newfoundland) is the lead investigator for this project

Location:

Western Galapagos Spreading Center

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