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Expedition Schedule

And more to come as we continue to develop!


UNOLS Expedition - Juan de Fuca Ridge Flank
July 13-26, 2013

Completion of single- and cross-hole hydrogeologic experiments on the eastern flank of the Juan de Fuca Ridge using a borehole network
Chief scientist: Andy Fisher
[Scientific Prospectus, 10.1 MB] [Our Juan de Fuca Ridge research]


MSM Expedition 20/5 - North Pond - Mid-Atlantic Ridge Microbiology
April 11 - May 10, 2012
Microbiology of a sediment pond and the underlying young, cold, hydrologically active ridge flank
Co-chief scientists: Katrina Edwards and Wolfgang Bach
[UNOLS-JASON website] [MARUM website]
[Our North Pond - Mid-Atlantic Ridge research]

   

RV Merian


IODP Expedition 336 - North Pond - Mid-Atlantic Ridge Microbiology
September 16 - November 19, 2011
Microbiology of a sediment pond and the underlying young, cold, hydrologically active ridge flank
Co-chief scientists: Katrina Edwards and Wolfgang Bach
[IODP Expedition 336 website] [Our North Pond - Mid-Atlantic Ridge research]


UNOLS Expedition - Juan de Fuca Ridge Flank
June 28 - July 14, 2011
AT18-07 RV Atlantis/ROV Jason-II: Eastern flank of the Juan de Fuca Ridge CORK dive program
Co-chief scientists: Andy Fisher, Jim Cowen and Keir Becker
[Preliminary Cruise Report PDF, 26 MB] [Our Juan de Fuca Ridge research]


IODP Expedition 330 - Louisville Seamounts Trail
December 13, 2010 - February 12, 2011
Implications for geodynamic mantle flow models and the geochemical evolution of primary hotspots
Co-chief scientists: Anthony Koppers and Toshitsugu Yamazaki
[IODP Expedition 330 website] [Our Louisville Seamounts research]

IODP Expedition 329 - South Pacific Gyre Microbiology
October 9 - December 13, 2010
Life beneath the seafloor of the South Pacific Gyre
Co-chief scientists: Steven D'Hondt and Fumio Inagaki
[IODP Expedition 329 website] [Our South Pacific Gyre research]

   

JOIDES Resolution photo by W. Crawford, IODP/TAMU

IODP Expedition 327 - Juan de Fuca Ridge Flank
July 5 - September 5, 2010
The hydrogeologic architecture of basaltic ocean crust: compartmentalization, anisotropy, microbiology, and crustal-scale properties on the eastern flank of Juan de Fuca Ridge, eastern Pacific Ocean
Co-chief scientists: Andy Fisher and Takeshi Tsuji

[IODP Expedition 327 website] [Our Juan de Fuca Ridge research]


UNOLS Expedition - Juan de Fuca Microbial Ecology Observatories
June 15 - July 1, 2010
Microbial ecology of ocean basement aquifers: ODP borehole observatories
Chief scientist: Jim Cowen
[UNOLS Expedition website] [Our Juan de Fuca Ridge research]

   

RV Atlantis photo by WHOI


MSM Expedition - North Pond - Mid-Atlantic Ridge Microbiology
February 19 - March 12, 2009
Microbiology of a sediment pond and the underlying young, cold, hydrologically active ridge flank
Co-chief scientists: Katrina Edwards and Wolfgang Bach
[Our North Pond - Mid-Atlantic Ridge research]

 

 

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