GALREX 2011

PI Country: 
USA
PIs: 
Need PIs
Ocean: 
S. Pacific
リージョン: 
Galapagos Rift
年: 
2011
Start Date: 
4 July 2011
End Date: 
28 July 2011

The expedition will focus on water column and deep unexplored diversity of benthic environments in the Galápagos region. We expect to explore newly-discovered – black smoker plume signals, the oldest known vent fields, off-axis sulfide mounds, deep fracture zones, and seamounts.

Ship: 
Okeanos Explorer
Equipment: 
ROV Little Hercules; Seirios camera