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NOAA Vents Program expeditions: Neovolcanic activity in the NE Lau Basin: May 5th Synopsis
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NOAA Vents Program expeditions: Neovolcanic activity in the NE Lau Basin. May 5, 2010. Camera tow image of chimneys on one of the northern Matas. The chimneys in this image don't appear to be emitting hydrothermal fluids. Biota in the region of the previous chimney image. Crab species, shrimp and urchins are present. CTD towyo over one of the North Mata volcanoes. Orange and red colors indicate high particle concentrations over the summit. Map of 2010 Expedition Area. Cruise Postings: 2010 and 2009.
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NOAA Vents Program expeditions: Neovolcanic activity in the NE Lau Basin: Acoustic Glider
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NOAA Vents Program expeditions: Neovolcanic activity in the NE Lau Basin. May 10, 2010. Listening to the Seafloor from Afar. The glider in the water soon after deployment. Scientists and engineers from NOAA/ Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory’s Vents Program successfully flew an ocean glider for hunting underwater volcanic plumes and eruptions in the Northern Lau Basin in the South Pacific near Samoa and Fiji. The team of scientists and ship's complement on the. Map of 2010 Expedition Area.
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NOAA Vents Program expeditions: Neovolcanic activity in the NE Lau Basin: April 2010
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NOAA Vents Program expeditions: Neovolcanic activity in the NE Lau Basin. April 22, 2010. NE Lau Expedition, April 28 - May 11, 2010. Scientists Return to NE Lau Basin, April 28 - May 11, 2010. Follow the expedition here. Backscatter (draped over bathymetry) is semi-transparent to allow bathymetry. To show through. Black represents high backacatter values. Background: Elements of Press Release, Dec 17, 2009. Scientists Discover and Image Explosive Deep-Ocean Volcano. Mission scientists released the video...
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NOAA Vents Program expeditions: Neovolcanic activity in the NE Lau Basin: May 2010
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NOAA Vents Program expeditions: Neovolcanic activity in the NE Lau Basin. May 10, 2010. Final 2010 expedition posting: Tofa Soifua. Tofa Soifua and Goodbye from Samoa and the Kilo Moana. Joe Resing Chief Scientist. That we were able to accomplish so much. This area of the seafloor appears to be opening and cracking, allowing more magmatic activity, making these volcanoes very different from those that we find along the mid-ocean ridge, back arc spreading centers, and even those found along the arcs.
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NOAA Vents Program expeditions: Neovolcanic activity in the NE Lau Basin: Mapping
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NOAA Vents Program expeditions: Neovolcanic activity in the NE Lau Basin. May 10, 2010. Mapping the Northeast Lau Basin. 3-D image of the NE Lau Basin seafloor. Bathymetry data were collected during expeditions to the area is 2008, 2009 and on the present mission. Data are 2 times vertically exaggerated. The mapping system is mounted on the hull of the R/V Kilo Moana. Bathymetry data collected on the 2010 expedition are outlined in black. Map of 2010 Expedition Area. Cruise Postings: 2010 and 2009.
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NOAA Vents Program expeditions: Neovolcanic activity in the NE Lau Basin: Final 2010 expedition posting: Tofa Soifua
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NOAA Vents Program expeditions: Neovolcanic activity in the NE Lau Basin. May 10, 2010. Final 2010 expedition posting: Tofa Soifua. Tofa Soifua and Goodbye from Samoa and the Kilo Moana. Joe Resing Chief Scientist. That we were able to accomplish so much. This area of the seafloor appears to be opening and cracking, allowing more magmatic activity, making these volcanoes very different from those that we find along the mid-ocean ridge, back arc spreading centers, and even those found along the arcs.
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NOAA Vents Program expeditions: Neovolcanic activity in the NE Lau Basin: May 2009
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NOAA Vents Program expeditions: Neovolcanic activity in the NE Lau Basin. May 11, 2009. West Mata is erupting! Hades eruptive site at West Mata. Joe Resing, Chief Scientist. West Mata volcano is erupting! All high-definition video by Advanced Imaging and Visualization Lab,. We Thought We’d Seen it All. Prometheus eruptive vent at the summit of West Mata (1208 meters). Bob Embley: Co-Chief Scientist. Joe Resing: Chief Scientist. Hades eruptive vent at the summit of West Mata (1174 meters). Tomorrow we ret...
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NOAA Vents Program expeditions: Neovolcanic activity in the NE Lau Basin: More Smoking Guns
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NOAA Vents Program expeditions: Neovolcanic activity in the NE Lau Basin. May 9, 2010. More Smoking Guns in the Lau Basin. Ed Baker and Bob Embley. Elemental sulfur deposits on the summit of the central cone at Volcano O. Map of Volcano "O". The images were well worth the wait! The flank of the volcano consisted of long. Toothpaste-like lava flows, black sand, and lighter colored sediment. The seafloor along the flanks of the central cone at Volcano O. But as we neared the summit, patchy white reflective...
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NOAA Vents Program expeditions: Neovolcanic activity in the NE Lau Basin: Rocks and Animals
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NOAA Vents Program expeditions: Neovolcanic activity in the NE Lau Basin. May 7, 2010. Rocks and Animals on the Seabed in the NE Lau Basin. One of the activities on this expedition is systematic high-resolution photographic surveys of the sea floor. Why do we want to do that? To learn what is there. After all, the deep sea floor is Earth’s final frontier and we are driven to explore it. But why go to the NE Lau basin, instead of some place closer to home? Gastropods (large white snails) and small actinar...
