We have extensively adapted and successfully deployed two laser Raman spectrometers for geochemical studies in the deep ocean. We describe here the development of the instrumentation (DORISS/DORISS2/PUP/SAP) and some of the initial research that has been accomplished during development of these instruments.

Conceptual illustration of the laser Raman spectrometer measuring the gas headspace above oil collected from the seafloor sediments and contained in a glass tube. The blue bubbles and the layer in the tube represent the oil that emanated from the seafloor (the oil fluoresces blue in the lights from the ROV). The ROV pilots held the tube of oil in one robotic arm and positioned the laser Raman spectrometer with the other robotic arm as the vehicle was brought toward the surface so the team could measure the gases that separated from the oil sample.

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