Collaborative Research: A Submarine Eruption on the North East Lau Spreading Center, a RAPID Response Effort

这项研究是调查人员联盟为调查西太平洋北刘盆地一座新发现的爆炸性海底火山而进行的一次时间关键(快速)巡航。海底火山活跃喷发的发现是罕见的，将收集许多基本的地质、热液、火山和生物问题的数据。正在调查的这座火山中有一股不同寻常的高强度热液羽流和爆炸性喷发的火山物质。这项工作的目标是记录在弧后火山活动初期定居的动物群，以及对早期热液进行采样。还将检查从通风口流出的流体的强度。与这些流体相关的新颖的和以前未知的微生物生命形式很可能会被发现。这项工作是对在国家科学基金会资助的密集工作领域(Ridge 2000计划)向南收集的数据的补充。这项工作的更广泛影响包括研究生和博士后培训，支持在科学界性别代表性不足的PI，使用新型水下机器人进行海底探索，以及通过媒体进行公共宣传。另一个影响是NSF和NOAA之间的项目的跨机构性质。

This research is a time critical (RAPID) response cruise by a coalition of investigators to investigate a newly discovered explosively erupting undersea volcano in the Northern Lau Basin in the Western Pacific Ocean. The discovery of actively erupting undersea volcanoes is a rarity and data that addresses many fundamental geological, hydrothermal, volcanic, and biological issues will be collected. The volcano being investigated is one in which there is an unusual high-intensity hydrothermal plume and explosively erupted volcanic material. Goals of this work are to document the fauna that colonize the initial stages of back arc volcanism, as well as to sample early stage hydrothermal fluids. The intensity of fluid flow from the vents will also be examined. It is likely that novel and previously unknown microbiological life forms associated with these fluids will be discovered. Work is complementary to data being gathered to the south in an area of intense NSF-funded work (the Ridge 2000 Program). Broader impacts of the work include graduate student and postdoctoral training, support of a PI whose gender is under-represented in the sciences, use of a novel ROV for undersea exploration, and public outreach through media outlets. An additional impact is the cross agency nature of the project between NSF and NOAA.