East Pacific Rise funded projects

Note: Data collected by these projects can be accessed via the Marine Geoscience Data Management System’s Ridge 2000 Data Portal.

Target date Title Proposers
08/15/2004 Bacterial population structure: evaluating gene flow in the symbionts of deep-sea hydrothermal vent mussels (genus Bathymodiolus) C.M. Cavanaugh and J.R. Wakeley
02/15/2004 Testing models of magma movement along the East Pacific Rise using combined geodetic and numerical experiments M. Cormier, W.R. Buck, S. Webb
02/15/2004 Immersive visualization at Ridge 2000 Integrated Studies Sites: community access and construction of virtual 3D models G. Kent, D. Kilb, J. Orcutt
02/15/2004 Collaborative research: microbiology and biogeochemistry of autotrophic microbes in the subsurface at hydrothermal vents: filamentous sulfur-producing bacteria S. Sievert, C. Taylor, R. Summons
02/15/2003 Integrated, multidisciplinary studies of a deep-sea hydorthermal vent ecosystem along the East Pacific Rise R.A. Lutz, T.M. Shank, C. Vetriani, G. Luther
02/15/2003 Oceanographic and topographic influences on dispersal of hydrothermal vent species L.S. Mullineaux, A. Thurnherr, J.R. Ledwell, D. McGillicuddy, J.W. Lavelle
02/15/2003 3D/4D seismic reflection imaging of the East Pacific Rise Integrated Studies Site at 9°50' N J. Mutter, J. Floyd, R. Detrick, S. Carbotte, M. Cormier, R. Anderson, W. He, L. Xu
02/15/2003 Seismic monitoring at the EPR bulls-eye: part of a Ridge 2000 Integrated Studies Site M. Tolstoy and F. Waldhauser
02/15/2003 Temporal variations in hydrothermal fluid chemistry at 9–10° N East Pacific Rise: elucidating ties to crustal and biological processes K.L. Von Damm
08/15/2002 High-resolution modes of tectonics and magmatism at mid-ocean ridges R. Buck
08/15/2002 Constraining the magmatic budget of the EPR at 9° N using broadband marine MT S. Constable
08/15/2002 Establishing a role for Fe and S microbial metabolism in ocean crust weathering K.J. Edwards, W. Bach
08/15/2002 Modeling hydrothermal processes on the Endeavour segment and the East Pacific Rise: brine layers and recharge W.S. Wilcock
  Request to EPR community to participate on an R/V Atlantis, DSV Alvin cruise preferably in 2005; Austrian funded research; advantage of additional dives M. Bright