Collaborative Research: A Submarine Eruption on the North East Lau Spreading Center, a RAPID Response Effort

合作研究：刘东北扩散中心的一次潜艇喷发，快速响应工作

• 批准号: 0934607
• 负责人: Craig Moyer
• 金额: $ 2.08万
• 依托单位: Western Washington University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-05-01 至 2010-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0934607&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Submarine; Eruption; North

This research is a time critical (RAPID) response cruise by a coalition of investigators to investigate a newly discovered explosively erupting undersea volcano in the Northern Lau Basin in the Western Pacific Ocean. The discovery of actively erupting undersea volcanoes is a rarity and data that addresses many fundamental geological, hydrothermal, volcanic, and biological issues will be collected. The volcano being investigated is one in which there is an unusual high-intensity hydrothermal plume and explosively erupted volcanic material. Goals of this work are to document the fauna that colonize the initial stages of back arc volcanism, as well as to sample early stage hydrothermal fluids. The intensity of fluid flow from the vents will also be examined. It is likely that novel and previously unknown microbiological life forms associated with these fluids will be discovered. Work is complementary to data being gathered to the south in an area of intense NSF-funded work (the Ridge 2000 Program). Broader impacts of the work include graduate student and postdoctoral training, support of a PI whose gender is under-represented in the sciences, use of a novel ROV for undersea exploration, and public outreach through media outlets. An additional impact is the cross agency nature of the project between NSF and NOAA.

这项研究是由研究人员联盟进行的时间关键（RAPID）响应巡航，旨在调查西太平洋劳盆地北部新发现的正在爆发的海底火山。活跃喷发的海底火山的发现非常罕见，并且将收集解决许多基本地质、热液、火山和生物问题的数据。正在调查的这座火山拥有不寻常的高强度热液羽流和爆炸性喷发的火山物质。这项工作的目标是记录弧后火山活动初始阶段的动物群，并对早期热液进行采样。还将检查从通风口流出的流体强度。很可能会发现与这些液体相关的新颖且以前未知的微生物生命形式。这项工作是对在美国国家科学基金会 (NSF) 资助的南部地区收集的数据的补充（山脊 2000 计划）。这项工作的更广泛影响包括研究生和博士后培训、对科学领域性别代表性不足的 PI 的支持、使用新型 ROV 进行海底探索以及通过媒体进行公众宣传。另一个影响是该项目在 NSF 和 NOAA 之间的跨机构性质。