GLORIA and Geochemical Investigation of the Easter Seamount Chain

将对复活节海山链西半部进行Gloria水扫描、疏浚和常规地球物理调查，以确定火山活动的物理化学性质和总体相对年龄，这将对火山活动的物理性质、起源和意义造成重要制约。为解释这座海山的起源而提出的所有假设都可以用为这项研究提供的数据进行检验。此外，这些数据将有助于确定微孔板的来源。

A GLORIA hydrosweep, dredging and routine geophysical survey of the western half of the Easter Seamount Chain will be made to determine the physical and chemical character and gross relative ages of volcanism that will therefore place important constraints on its physical nature, origin and significance. All hypotheses proposed to explain the origin of this seamount can be tested with the data proposed for this study. In addition, the data will fill help determine how the microplate originated.