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Northern Lau/Tonga Eruption Rapid Response
The Ridge 2000 and MARGINS Programs Steering Committees, in conjunction
with NSF and NOAA program managers announce an eruption response cruise to the
Northern Lau Basin. These groups have reviewed preliminary shipboard data and
participated in numerous teleconferences and email correspondences over the past month
to discuss opportunities for a response to recently detected volcanic eruptions in the
northern Lau Basin [Shipboard Science group Lupton, Resing et al]. Based on these
deliberations, NSF has agreed to fund an event response cruise to be led by Dr. Joe
Resing (U. Washington & NOAA PMEL) in May 2009 to collect time-critical samples
and make observations. The cruise will involve R/V Thompson and the ROV Jason 2
system. |
