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Introduction to Special Section on Measurements and Monitoring at the TAG Hydrothermal Field, Mid‐Atlantic Ridge 26°N, 45°W
Author(s) -
Rona Peter A.,
Von Herzen Richard P.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/96gl03256
Subject(s) - ridge , seafloor spreading , special section , hydrothermal circulation , geology , drilling , section (typography) , observatory , baseline (sea) , oceanography , mid atlantic ridge , seismology , paleontology , engineering , engineering physics , computer science , mechanical engineering , physics , astrophysics , operating system
The international oceanographic community carried out a coordinated series of cooperative cruises and dives with Japanese, Russian and U.S. submersibles between 1993 and 1995 to perform baseline measurements and to establish a seafloor observatory to monitor the active sulfide mound in the TAG hydrothermal field before, during and after drilling by Ocean Drilling Program Leg 158 in October–November 1994. The results of that effort and related work are reported herein as group of 23 papers comprising a special section in this issue of “Geophysical Research Letters”.