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Hawaii
Cruise, May-June 2001
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Western Flyer Crew
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 Dave Clague
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MBARI Geologist (Volcanology)
http://www.mbari.org/staff/clague
What is your role on this cruise?
Expedition Coordinator/ Chief Scientist on Legs 2 and 4
What are your primary goals?
Understanding submarine volcanism around Hawaii, subsidence history of the islands, landslide structure.
What do you expect to find?
What types of lavas form what types of volcanic landforms, corals from drowned coral reefs to determine
subsidence rates of islands, evidence for explosive submarine
eruptions.
What is your favorite/least favorite part of a research
cruise?
Favorite part is being able to test ideas and modify the research
plan to test new ideas developed from the early results. Least
favorite part is being away from my wife and daughter.
Why did you decide to become a scientist/engineer/etc?
How did you become
one?
Science is being able to keep asking "why?, how?, when? questions like we asked
when we were young-we just ask more sophisticated questions now. I
have always wanted to know how the natural world work. I
started as an physics major in college, then switched to
geology quite late (because of one class and one great professor),
went to graduate school in oceanography/earth science. Most
important thing to becoming a good ocean scientist is to have broad
scientific background and interests. I took nearly a full major in
physics and math, lots of chemistry, and some biology as an
undergraduate. In graduate school, I was fortunate to work with
professors who let me pursue a variety of interests while providing
encouragement and guidance.
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