Collaborative Research: A Piggyback Near-Bottom Geophysical Survey of the Ultrafast EPR at 17 deg 24' -18 deg 39'S Using the ABE Autonomous Vehicle

小行星9730813 利用自主海底探测器（ABE）在以前资助的巡航中进行海底调查的夜间实地项目， 东太平洋海隆17 oS。 先前资助的巡航将包括ALVIN潜水，DSL-120侧视声纳，蜡取芯和疏浚作业，以确定这一洋中脊环境的岩石学，地球化学和火山学方面。 ABE的使用应允许更好地识别熔岩流，其形态，尺寸和沿着轴的连续性。 ABE增加了一个磁力计，用于识别最近的高度磁化的馈线岩脉和潜在的非磁化馈线岩脉。

9730813 Cormier A night field program using the Autonomous Benthic Explorer (ABE) to survey the seafloor on a previously-funded cruise to 17oS on the East Pacific Rise is proposed. The previously-funded cruise will include ALVIN dives, DSL-120 side-looking sonar, wax coring, and dredging operations to determine the petrological, geochemical, and volcanological aspects of this mid-ocean ridge environment. The use of the ABE should allow the better identification of lavas flows, their morphology, dimensions, and along axis continuity. A magnetometer has been added to the ABE for the purpose of identifying recent, highly magnetized feeder dikes and, potentially, non-magnetized feeder dikes.