AKA: none
Other ID: none
Status: Pending
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Global Marine Mineral Resources ()
Contact(s): Amy Gartman Information Specialist(s): Amy Gartman Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology, Sampling: Chemistry, Sampling: Biology Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect abyssal box cores to understand seafloor composition including potential minerals Vehicle(s): Start Port/Location: Pago Pago, American Samoa End Port/Location: Pago Pago, American Samoa Start Date: 2026-03-15 End Date: 2026-04-30 Equipment Used: Push corer, core, boxcore Information to be Derived: imagery, scale, composition, microbiome, infauna, pore water microprofiles Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: NOAA sponsored abyssal box coring Notes:
Location:
Abyssal box coring in the Samoan Basin
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: -10.81760977 | South: -18 | West: -171.25887662 | East: -165 |
Platform(s):
Other |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Push corer | --- | Chemistry Surveys (geochemical) Surveys (biological) Biology Geology | |
| core | --- | Chemistry Biology Geology | |
| boxcore | --- | Chemistry Biology Geology |
