The cruise targets for the New Zealand American Submarine Ring of Fire 2007 (NZASRoF'07) expedition will be both the Brothers Submarine Volcano and the Ngatoro Rift Basins. The research vessel SONNE will depart from Auckland New Zealand on July27th and return on August 16th. Bathymetry data are: satellite-derived (bottom, 3500 meter resolution); EM300 (top, along the arc, 30 meter resolution). Plate tectonic features are also indicated. Image courtesy of satellite-derived bathymetry from Sandwell and Smith, EM300 bathymetry data courtesy of Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, the Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences, NOAA Vents Program and NOAA-OE.
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New Zealand American Submarine Ring of Fire 2007
New Zealand American Submarine Ring of Fire 2007: Mission Plan
