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

Field Activity 2026-627-FA

Identifier 2026-627-FA
Alternate names EX2606
Purpose Seabed mineral exploration.
Location Samoan Basin, America Samoa Exclusive Economic Zone
Info derived Seabed mineral distribution and geochemistry in the Samoan Basin.
Projects
Platform
Okeanos Explorer
Length 224 feet; beam 43 feet; draft 17 feet.
Itinerary
Start Rarotonga, Cook Islands 2026-08-19
End Suva, Fiji 2026-09-16
Days in the field 28
Bounds
West -178.88378665
East -164.52246308
North -9.43172137
South -17.1491894

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Amy GartmanKatlin Adamczyk
Crew members
Affiliate principal NOAA Ocean Exploration

Data types and categories

Data category: Sampling, Visual Identification, Environmental Data, Geochemical
Data type: Geology, Submersible Observations, Radon, Surveys (geochemical)

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
ROV manipulator arm Geology (no data reported)
Submersible observations Species ID, Submersible Observations (no data reported)
RAD7 Radon (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity