Pito Deep 2005 / AT11-23

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

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