Endeavour segment of the Juan de Fuca ridge [ISS]
An intermediate-spreading ridge with a high density of hydrothermal venting
Regional setting of the Endeavour ISS
(courtesy of
J. Delaney and the UW Center for Environmental Visualization).
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.
The Endeavour ISS and bull's eye
(courtesy of D. Kelley et al.).
Further information
- The Site Coordinator is Karen Bemis; the Oversight Committee Chair is William Wilcock.
- The Integration and Synthesis Committee is: William Wilcock (Chair) U. Washington; Karen Bemis, Rutgers U.; Jim Gill, U.C. Santa Cruzi; Jim Holden, U. Mass.; Deb Kelley, U. Washington
- 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.