Submarine volcanism cruise logs
The Submarine Volcanism group has traveled to the NE Pacific, the Gulf of California, off the California coast, Hawaii, the Lau Basin, and the south Pacific (Lau Basin, Pacific-Antarctic Ridge and Southern East Pacific Rise) to study mid-ocean spreading ridges, seamounts, and hot spot volcanoes, and continental margin processes. From each of our cruises we have posted daily cruise logs to share our experiences at sea.
Listening to an underwater eruption
Sept 8, 2020 – MBARI scientists use sound to track day-to-day changes in the eruption of an underwater volcano.
Hundreds of hydrothermal chimneys discovered on the seafloor off the Pacific Northwest
April 28, 2020 – MBARI's underwater mapping efforts off the Pacific Northwest have revealed almost 600 hydrothermal chimneys rising from the deep seafloor.
Mapping the next Hawaiian island
April 25, 2019 – MBARI researchers recently created a new map of Loihi, an undersea volcano that will be the next Hawaiian Island.
Submarine Volcanism Publications
Wheat, C. G., Zierenberg, R.A., Paduan, J.B., Caress, D.W., Clague, D.A., Chadwick Jr., W.W., (2020). Changing brine inputs into hydrothermal fluids: Southern Cleft Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 21: 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GC009360
Le Saout, M., Bohnenstiehl, D.R., Paduan, J.B., Clague, D.A., (2020). Quantification of eruption dynamics on the north rift at Axial Seamount, Juan de Fuca Ridge. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 21: 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GC009136
Clague, D.A., Paduan, J.B., Caress, D.W., McClain, J., Zierenberg, R.A., (2020). Lava flows erupted in 1996 on North Gorda Ridge Segment and the geology of the nearby Sea Cliff Hydrothermal Vent Field From 1-M resolution AUV mapping. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7: 1-25. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00027
