PI Country:
USA
PIs:
Gee, Hey, Karson, Klein, Naar, and Varga
Institution:
SIO, U Hawaii, Duke U, USF, Wooster
Funding:
NSF
Ocean:
S. Pacific
Region:
S EPR
Year:
2005
Start Date:
30-Jan-05
End Date:
8-Mar-05
Website URL:
http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/pitodeep/ During the austral summer of 2005, we undertook a geological, geophysical and geochemical study of the upper ocean crust exposed at the Pito Deep, located at the northeast corner of the Easter Microplate.
Ship:
R/V Atlantis
Equipment:
DSL-120 side-scan, magnetometer, ROV Jason II, submersible Alvin