USAMSeeps-1
Completed
Planned route: 4 segments · ~19 hours steaming · 3 stations
Operating area: Norther U.S. Atlantic Margin
Route: Narragansett (Rhode Island) - United States → Narragansett (Rhode Island) - United States
Project aboard
Methane seeps affect the geology, ecology, and chemistry of the near-seafloor environment. We will investigate newly-discovered methane seeps along the slope of the northern US Atlantic Margin. We will describe and study the characteristics, biogeochemistry, and evolution over the geological time of seeps along two representative transects extending from the shelf edge to the continental rise.
People aboard
- Davide Oppo · Principal investigator
Party size: 14
Estimated vacant berths: 4
Equipment
Aboard the vessel
- Ship Fitted Winches & Wires
- Crane
- Stern A-Frame
- Echosounder, 3.5kHz CHIRP
- Multibeam - Shallow-water (EM710/712/2040/Seabat 7100)
Pooled / portable
- CTD
- Sediment Core
Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code EN731_Oppo · MFP reference 23/2768 · synced Sep 24, 2026