Lau basin funded projects [ISS]

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
08/15/2004 Petrology of southern Valu Fa Ridge lavas D.M. Christie
02/15/2004 Hydrothermal source variability in the Lau basin: identifying areas of sulfur- and acid- rich venting from the composition of particulate matter in hydrothermal plumes J.A. Resing
02/15/2004 Collaborative research: crustal accretion and mantle processes along the subduction-influenced eastern Lau spreading center D. Wiens, J. Condor, D. Blackman, R. Dunn, S. Webb, W. Menke
08/15/2003 HBiogeography and community structure in mussel beds at Pacific hydrothermal vents C. Van Dover
08/15/2002 Site evaluations and background studies of interactions among fluid chemistry, physiology, and community ecology for Ridge 2000 Lau Basin Integrated Studies J.J. Childress, C.R. Fisher, S. Hourdez, S. Kim, G.W. Luther
08/15/2002 Integrated hydrothermal and petrological studies of the eastern Lau spreading center C.H. Langmuir, H.N. Edmonds, P.J. Michael, D.R. Yoerger, A.M. Bradley, T.M. Shank, S.L. Goldstein, D.W. Graham
08/15/2002 Investigating the interrelationships between crustal structure, volcanism, and hydrothermal activity along the backarc east Lau spreading center F. Martinez, B. Taylor, J.A. Resing, E.T. Baker
08/15/2002 LAUB-FLEX: deep circulation and dispersal in the Lau Basin using floats A. Thurnherr and K. Speer
08/15/2002 Sampling and initial characterization of hydrothermal fluids, deposits, microfauna and megafauna at vent fields along the eastern Lau spreading center M.K. Tivey, J.S. Seewald, S.L. Kim, M.J. Mottl, A. Reysenbach
  Vents—exploring the submarine ring of fire, Lau Basin J. Lupton
  Gene flow and species diversity in deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities R.C. Vrijenhoek