PI Country:
USA
PIs:
Haymon, R.
Funding:
NSF
Ocean:
N. Pacific
Region:
N EPR
Year:
1989
Start Date:
13-Nov-1989
End Date:
15-Dec-1989 From RIDGE Events, 5(2):5-7, 11, 1994 Dawn J. Wright Geographic Information Systems for RIDGE Research "In November and December of 1989, the Argo I optical/acoustic seafloor imaging system was used on the Venture III cruise to conduct a near-bottom survey of the narrow (50-200 m wide) axial zone of the East Pacific Rise (EPR) between 9� and 10�N (Haymon et al., 1991). "
From Ridge 2000:http://www.ridge2000.org/science/iss/epr/projects.php : Using the near bottom ARGO imaging system, visually and acoustically surveyed the narrow axial zone of the fast-spreading EPR, discovered the Venture Hydrothermal Fields, and systematically mapped the distribution of hundreds of hydrothermal features relative to other fine-scale volcanic and tectonic features of the ridge crest.
Ship:
R/V Thomas Washington
Equipment:
Argo I 
