Collaborative Research: Near Bottom Geological and Geophysical Investigation of a Possible "Oceanic Core Complex": Eastern Atlantis Ridge-Transform Insection Massif

University Of Washington, Seattle WA

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Abstract

A near-bottom geological and geophysical survey of the eastern Atlantis ridge-transform-intersection will provide key observations necessary to assess whether oceanic massifs are anaoloous to continental core complexes. The stdy will include DSL-120 side-scan sonar to produce a detailed morphologic base map of the entire massif. Specifid sites will be targete for mapping and sampling with Jason/Medea and Alvin.