PI Country:
Australia
PIs:
Arculus, R.
Institution:
Australian National Univ.
Ocean:
S. Pacific
Region:
New Hebrides back-arc
Jahr:
2004
Start Date:
31-May-04
End Date:
27-Jun-04 to swath-map the Coriolis Troughs (Vanuatu) with multibeam sonar, in order to identify areas of exposed lavas, including coverage of the known occurrences in the northern end of the Futuna Basin and the Nifonea Ridge in the Vate Trough; to explore for and map the distribution of active hydrothermal venting systems of the Coriolis Troughs; to revisit the Nifonea Ridge hydrothermal vent system discovered on RV Franklin (FR08/2001), and determined whether changes have occurred in the intervening 3 years; to recover fresh igneous and mineralised rock, sediment, and water samples associated with igneous activity in these Troughs.
Ship:
R/V Southern Surveyor
Equipment:
swath bathymetry, dredge, CTD
Kontakt:
Richard.Arculus@anu.edu.au 
