Endeavour segment of the Juan de Fuca ridge [ISS]
An intermediate-spreading ridge with a high density of hydrothermal venting
ABOVE: Regional setting of the Endeavour ISS (image courtesy of
J. Delaney and the UW Center for Environmental Visualization).
BELOW: The Endeavour ISS and bull's eye (below, courtesy of D. Kelley et al.).
Introduction
The Endeavour Segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge is a first order intermediate-rate spreading segment lying within 270 nautical miles of the northwest U.S. and southwest Canada. Reasons for choosing it as an ISS included:
- It is monitored in real-time by a hydroacoustic array.
- The crustal window is well mapped.
- Historic data are accessible, including many years’ preexisting data on magmatic and tectonic events, as well as extensive chemical, biological, and geologic time-series.
Further information
- The Site Coordinator is Karen Bemis; the Oversight Committee Chair is William Wilcock.
- The Implementation Plan for the Endeavour Segment ISS is available to download as a 755 KB, 11-page pdf.
- See Funded Projects for details of proposals that have received funding, and Letters of Interest/Intent for proposals in an early stage of planning.
- Status reports can be found in the Ridge 2000 newsletters.
- Data collected under Ridge 2000 funding can be accessed via the Ridge 2000 Data Portal.
- Further information about Integrated Studies is available in the Science Plan.
- A current list of relevant references are available online.
- The full Site Proposal for the Endeavour Segment ISS is available to download as a 1.4 MB, 58-page pdf or (for high print quality in figures) as a 4.8 MB, 58-page pdf. This document details the reasoning behind the choice of this site as an ISS.