Research Highlights 2004 - Kane Megamullion Cruise KN180-2

In 2004 I was Co-chief Scientist with colleagues Dr. Brian Tucholke and Dr. Henry Dick on a month-long cruise to the Kane megamullion area in the central Atlantic Ocean. The primary purpose of the cruise was to investigate the predicted occurrence of lower crustal and upper mantle rocks exposed at the seafloor. We beleived, based on seafloor morphology and geophysical measurements (gravity), that the seafloor at this location was a low-angle detachment fault surface that had been active long enough to have "unroofed" these usuually deep-seated rock formations. A cruise report/synopsis of the 2004 cruise is posted here:

The survey was carried out using the ROV Jason-2, and the autonomous underwater vehicle ABE.

AGU 2005 abstracts of results to date:

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Last revised: 2007/5/1