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2007, Oceanography 20(4):68–79, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2007.07
Exploring the Submarine Ring of Fire:
Mariana Arc - Western Pacific
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Authors
Robert W. Embley | Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Newport, OR, USA
Edward T. Baker | PMEL/NOAA, Seattle, WA, USA
David A. Butterfield | Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO), University of Washington, PMEL/NOAA, Seattle, WA, USA
William W. Chadwick Jr. | Cooperative Institute for Marine Resources Studies (CIMRS), Oregon State University, PMEL/NOAA, Newport, OR, USA
John E. Lupton | PMEL/NOAA, Newport, OR, USA
Joseph A. Resing | JISAO, University of Washington, PMEL/NOAA, Seattle, WA, USA
Cornel E.J. de Ronde | GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Ko-ichi Nakamura | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Verena Tunnicliffe | Department of Biology, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., Canada
John F. Dower | Department of Biology, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., Canada
Susan G. Merle | CIMRS, Oregon State University, PMEL/NOAA, Newport, OR, USA
First Paragraph
Sampling an erupting volcano at 550-m depth, discovering roiling pools of liquid sulfur at 400-m depth, watching tropical fish swimming amid fields of black smoker vents, and encountering a blizzard of liquid carbon dioxide globules rising from fractured lava flows at 1600-m depth all sound like wishful thinking or scenes from a science fiction movie. But, we had the good fortune to observe these and other previously unseen phenomena between 2004 and 2006 during a series of expeditions to the Mariana arc in the western Pacific. We describe here several of the most interesting sites, along with their geologic and oceanographic contexts.
Full Article
Citation
Embley, R.W., E.T. Baker, D.A. Butterfield, W.W. Chadwick Jr., J.E. Lupton, J.A. Resing, C.E.J. de Ronde, K.-I. Nakamura, V. Tunnicliffe, J.F. Dower, and S.G. Merle. 2007. Exploring the submarine ring of fire: Mariana Arc - Western Pacific. Oceanography 20(4):68–79, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2007.07.