1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 2020-602-FA

Identifier 2020-602-FA
Also known as Mid-Cayman Rise AT42-22
Purpose Collect hydrothermal minerals from Mid-Cayman Rise in collaboration with AT 42-22, Chief Scientist Jeff Seewald WHOI.
Location Mid-Cayman Rise, Caribbean Sea
Summary We collected hydrothermal sulfide and talc samples and are in the process of analyzing them.
Info derived mineralogy, element abundances
Comments This is collaborative research on an NSF-led effort.
Projects
Platform
Other
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start Balboa, Panama 2020-01-14
End Gulf Port, Mississippi 2020-02-06
Days in the field 23
Bounds
West -81.735
East -81.089
North 18.83
South 17.747

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Organization
Other(Other)
Principal investigators Amy Gartman
Crew members
Amy Gartman
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Amy Gartman
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Sampling
Data type: Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Hand-grab sample Biology, Chemistry, Geology 4

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Carbon isotopes data for rock samples from Von Damm vent field, Mid-Cayman Rise Hand-grab sample This portion of the data release presents stable carbon isotopes of rock samples collected from Von Damm vent field, Mid-Cayman Rise, in the Caribbean Sea. Amy Gartman
Major, minor, and trace element data for rock samples from Von Damm vent field, Mid-Cayman Rise Hand-grab sample This portion of the data release presents major, minor and trace element data of rock samples collected from Von Damm vent field, Mid Cayman Rise, in the Caribbean Sea. Amy Gartman
Raman spectroscopy data for rock samples from Von Damm vent field, Mid-Cayman Rise Hand-grab sample This portion of the data release presents Raman spectroscopy of rock samples collected from Von Damm vent field, Mid Cayman Rise, in the Caribbean Sea Amy Gartman
X-ray diffraction data for rock samples from Von Damm vent field, Mid-Cayman Rise Hand-grab sample This portion of the data release presents X-ray diffractograms of rock samples collected from Von Damm vent field, Mid-Cayman Rise, in the Caribbean Sea. Amy Gartman

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity