Lau basin [ISS]
Site of the first coordinated study effort on a back-arc spreading center
Regional setting of the Lau Basin ISS and bull's eye (from Zellmer & Taylor, 2001).
Introduction
The East Lau Spreading Center, in the Lau back-arc basin, was chosen as an ISS because it provides the best back-arc site to study the complete range of spreading center processes, from mantle to microbe.
Further information
- The Site Coordinator is Jeff Seewald; the Oversight Committee Chair is Peter Michael.
- The Implementation Plan for the Lau Basin ISS is available to download as a 180 KB, 14-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.
- A current list of relevant references are available online.
- The Site Proposal for the Lau Basin ISS is available to download as a 7.2 MB, 25-page pdf or (for high print quality in figures) as a 30 MB, 25-page pdf. This document details the reasoning behind the choice of this site as an ISS.
- Further information about Integrated Studies is available in the Science Plan.
- Information about the PACINET program that encourages taxonomic partnerships and capacity building in the Pacific Island region is available as a 132KB, 2-page pdf.