N MAR, Reykjanes Ridge

Reykjanes Ridge

PI Country: 
USA
PIs: 
Fernando Martinez
Institution: 
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Ocean: 
N. Atlantic
Region: 
N MAR, Reykjanes Ridge
Jahr: 
2019
Start Date: 
June 2019
End Date: 
July 2019
The cruise is 36 days in duration and will involve primarily geophysical data acquisition (multibeam, gravity, magnetics) on the flanks of the Reykjanes Ridge to study how transform faults formed and were later eliminated from this ridge.
Ship: 
R/V Neil Armstrong
Kontakt: 
fernando@hawaii.edu

MSM75

PI Country: 
DE
PIs: 
Colin Devey
Institution: 
Geomar
Ocean: 
N. Atlantic
Region: 
N MAR, Reykjanes Ridge
Jahr: 
2018
Start Date: 
July 2018
End Date: 
August 2018

Study the on- and off-axis regions with respect to:

(a) hydrothermal activity on shallow, thick-crust ridges

(b) crustal thinning southwards away from Iceland

(c) off-axis extend of hydrothermal activity

Ship: 
RV MS Merian
Equipment: 
ROV Phoca, AUV Abyss
Kontakt: 
cdevey@geomar.de