Appendix 4: PI Summaries
- NSF RIDGE 2000 Postdoctoral Fellowship: Development of Raman Spectroscopy for in situ quantification and speciation of hydrothermal Fe and Mn particulates and sediments. John A. Breier Jr. (R2K postdoc)
- A MCS Investigation to Study Axial Crustal Structure and Alteration of the Upper Crust at the Juan de Fuca Spreading Center, 04/01/02–03/31/05; S. Carbotte, J. Diebold; R. Detrick, J.P. Canales; A. Harding, G. Kent, J. Babcock.
- Project Summary for NSF RIDGE 2000 postdoctoral fellowship: Linking genetics and mineralization of iron-oxidizing microbes at midocean ridges, Clara Chan (R2K postdoc) and Katrina Edwards
- Processes and patterns in back arc basin hydrothermal vent communities, J. Childress, C. Fisher, S. Kim, G. Luther
- Petrology of Southern Valu Fa Ridge Lavas, David Christie
- The effects of changes in mantle temperature on melt supply and crustal accretion: An MCS reflection and OBH refraction study of the southeast Indian ridge, J. Cochran, S Carbotte, M. Tolstoy
- Constraining the magmatic budget of the EPR at 9-N using broadband marine MT, S. Constable
- Real-Time Volcanic Event Detection on Northeast Pacific Spreading Centers using Military Hydrophone Arrays, Robert P. Dziak, DelWayne R. Bohnenstiehl, Haru Matsumoto
- Modeling Hydrothermal Processes on the Endeavour Segment and the East Pacific Rise: Brine Layers and Recharge, Fabrice Fontaine (R2K postdoc), William Wilcock (PI)
- Detailed Mapping and Modeling of Submarine Lava Flows and Emplacement Processes: The East Pacific Rise 9° 25'N to 9° 55'N, Daniel J. Fornari and S. Adam Soule
- Submarine Fluid Recharge - the Role of Anhydrite and reactive transport modeling of the Endeavour Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge, Grant Garven, Margaret K. Tivey, Robert Lowell
- Integrated Hydrothermal and Petrological Studies of the Eastern Lau Spreading Center, David W. Graham
- A Multichannel Seismic Survey of the Lau Spreading Center: A New Look Into Crustal Accretion at Back Arc Spreading Centers, A. Harding, G. Kent
- Investigating the 3-D effects of mantle flow, melt production and melt transport in the Eastern Lau Spreading Center: Slab Dominated Flow? Nicholas Harmon (R2K postdoc) and Donna K Blackman (PI)
- A Novel Approach to Evaluate Hydrothermal Fluid Interaction with Injected Magma Dykes at Mid-Ocean Ridges Using Radium Isotopes, D. Kadko with subcontract to K. Rubin
- Determining the Limits to Life in Submarine Hydrothermal Systems: Active Sulfide Deposits as Natural Laboratories, Deborah S. Kelley, John R. Delaney, J. D. Baross, M.D. Lilley, P. Girguis, G. Wheat
- The role of water in the melting of oceanic mantle, Katherine Kelley, Erik Hauri
- Immersive Visualization at Ridge 2000 Integrated Study Sites: Community Access and Construction of Virtual 3-D Models, G. Kent, D. Kilb, J. Orcutt
- Anatomy of an Overlapping Spreading Center: Geochemical and Geological Study of the EPR 9°03'N OSC, E. Klein, S. White, M. Perfit, K. Von Damm and K. Sims
- Thermal biology of hydrothermal vent paralvinellid worms, Raymond Lee, Peter Girguis
- (1) Modeling Seafloor Hydrothermal Systems: Integrated Magma-Hydrothermal Processes and Temporal Variability, PI: Robert P. Lowell; Co-PI: Leonid Germanovich
- Metal-sulfide speciation and cluster formation at deep-sea hydrothermal vents, PI: George W. Luther, III; Postdoctoral students: Heileen Hsu-Kim, Jeffrey J. Tsang
- Integrated Studies of Biological Community Structure at Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents, PIs: Richard A. Lutz, Costantino Vetriani, George Luther, Timothy Shank
- Investigating the interrelationships among crustal structure, volcanism, and hydrothermal activity along the back-arc Eastern Lau Spreading, Fernando Martinez, Brian Taylor, Joseph A Resing and Edward T Baker.
- Experimental Investigation of Organic Synthesis in Submarine Hydrothermal Systems, T. McCollom
- 3D/4D seismic reflection imaging of the internal structure of the magmatic-hydrothermal system at the East Pacific Rise Ridge 2000 integrated study site, J.C. Mutter, S.M. Carbotte, M. Nedimovic, R.S. Detrick, J.P. Canales
- In-Situ Sensors for Monitoring the Chemistry of Hydrothermal Fluids: Experimental Calibration and Field Applications. W. E. Seyfried, Jr., K. Ding
- Theoretical Organic Geochemistry of Submarine Hydrothermal Systems, PI: Everett L. Shock; Co-PI: Jan P. Amend
- Geochemistry constraints on MORB processes at EPR, Ken Sims
- LAUB-FLEX: Deep Circulation and Dispersal in the Lau Basin using Floats, Andreas Thurnherr
- Sampling and initial characterization of hydrothermal fluids, deposits, microfauna and megafauna at vent fields along the Eastern Lau Spreading Center, M.K. Tivey, J. Seewald PIs, w/A-L. Reysenbach, S. Kim, M. Mottl, and C.G. Wheat
- Seismic Monitoring of the 9N East Pacific Rise Ridge 2000 Integrated Studies Site, M. Tolstoy & F. Waldhauser
- Testing Models of Magmatic and Hydrothermal Segmentation: A 3-D Seismic Tomography Experiment at the Endeavour, PIs: D.R. Toomey, E.E.E. Hooft, W.S.D. Wilcock
- Undershooting the East Pacific Rise, D. R. Toomey, R. S. Detrick, R. A. Dunn and W. S. D. Wilcock
- Temporal Variations in Hydrothermal Fluid Chemistry at 9-10N East Pacific Rise: Elucidating Ties to Crustal and Biological Processes, K.L. Von Damm
- Assessing the extent and volume of the 2006 eruption of the East Pacific Rise, Scott M. White, S. Adam Soule

