Field Activity 2023-667-FA

Identifier 2023-667-FA
Alternate names Eastern Galapagos Spreading Center
Purpose To collect hydrothermal geochemical data including push cores and hydrothermal minerals
Location Western Galapagos Spreading Center
Info derived Mineralogy, geochemical composition, grain size, total organic and inorganic carbon
Comments 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
Projects
Platform
Falkor (too)
110.6 m (363 ft) in length, 20 m (66ft) in beam/width
Itinerary
Start Golfito, Costa Rica 2023-10-23
End Balboa, Panama 2023-11-23
Bounds
West -92
East -85.4
North 1.65383495
South 0

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Amy Gartman
Crew members
Ianiri, Hope
Scientist, Staff
Maria Figueroa Matias
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Amy Gartman
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal John Jamieson (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

Data types and categories

Data category: Sampling
Data type: Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Push corer Surveys (geochemical), Surveys (biological), Biology, Geology (no data reported)
grab sampler Surveys (geochemical), Geology (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity