Field Activity 2023-672-FA

Identifier 2023-672-FA
Purpose Characterizing seafloor composition for marine mineral deposits and collecting eDNA for biological investigations. Follow up cruise will sample areas of interest identified in this cruise.
Equipment or personnel only. Data, if any, are managed under a different field activity.
Location Central Pacific
Info derived Bathymetry and backscatter, eDNA
Comments Ocean Exploration Trust is the primary data repository.
Projects
Platform
Nautilus
Length 211 feet; beam 34.5 feet; draft 14.75 feet.
Itinerary
Start Honolulu, HI 2023-11-06
End Honolulu, HI 2023-11-17
Days in the field 10
Bounds
West -161.3671875
East -142.97525684
North 18.31281085
South 14.3469807

Personnel

Organization Equipment or personnel support provided by
Organization Equipment or personnel support provided by
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Amy Gartman
Crew members
Guy R Cochrane
Scientist, Staff
Jane Rudebusch
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Jane Rudebusch
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Derek Sowers (Ocean Exploration Trust)

Data types and categories

Data category: Sampling, Sonar
Data type: Chemistry, Multibeam

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Kongsberg EM-304 Multibeam (no data reported)
sampling equipment Biology, Chemistry, Geology (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity