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Field:Marine TN234

Main Locale: Lau

Lead Scientists	Role	Institution	Award
Resing, Joseph	Scientist:Chief	NOAA:PMEL	OCE09-30025 OCE09-34660
Embley, Robert	Scientist:Co-Chief	NOAA:PMEL	NotProvided
Huber, Julie	Scientist:Investigator:Principal	MBL	OCE09-29411

Scientific References

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NotProvided

Expedition Metadata

Program Summary Information

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Projects:

• Neovolcanic activity in the NE Lau Basin - Cruise Webpage
• Northern Lau/Tonga Eruption Rapid Response - MARGINS

Entry Type: Expedition
Platform: R/V Thomas G. Thompson
Platform Operator: UW

Date	Location
2009-05-05	Apia, Western Samoa
2009-05-13	Apia, Western Samoa

Navigation Boundaries

13.721461 S
174.267696 W	+	171.786523 W
15.403496 S

Instruments

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• CTD:
• LabAnalysis
• ROV:Jason II:Camera:Video(WHOI,VirtualVan)
• ROV:Jason II:Manipulator
• ROV:Jason II:Sampler:Biology
• ROV:Jason II:Sampler:Biology:Scoop
• ROV:Jason II:Sampler:Biology:Slurp
• ROV:Jason II:Sampler:Fluid:Bottle
• ROV:Jason II:Sampler:Fluid:GasTight
• ROV:Jason II:Sampler:Fluid:HotFluid
• ROV:Jason II:Sampler:Fluid:Major
• ROV:Jason II:Sampler:SedimentCore
• ROV:Jason II:Sampler:Sediment:Scoop
• Navigation
• Probe:Expendable:XBT(Sippican,MK21)
• Sonar:ADCP(RDI,OS-75)
• Sonar:Multibeam(Simrad,EM300)
• Sonar:Multibeam

Personnel

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Scientific Personnel	Role	Institution
Baker, Edward	Scientist	NOAA:PMEL
Baumberger, Tamara	Student:Graduate	ETH
Buck, Nathaniel	Scientist	NOAA:PMEL
Butterfield, David	Scientist	NOAA:PMEL
Caress, David	Scientist	MBARI
Clague, David	Scientist	MBARI
Conlin, Douglas	Scientist	MBARI
Cowen, James	Scientist	NOAA:PMEL
Davis, Richard	Student:Graduate	OHSU
Embley, Robert	Scientist:Co-Chief	NOAA:PMEL
Evans, Leigh	Scientist	OSU
Huber, Julie	Scientist:Investigator:Principal	MBL
Keller, Nicole	Scientist	WHOI
Lilley, Marvin	Scientist	UW
Lupton, John	Scientist	NOAA:PMEL
Merle, Susan	Scientist	OSU
Podowski, Elizabeth	Scientist	Penn State
Resing, Joseph	Scientist:Chief	NOAA:PMEL
Reysenbach, Anna-Louise	Scientist	Portland State University
Roe, Kevin	Scientist	UW
Rubin, Kenneth	Scientist	UH:SOEST
Shank, Timothy	Scientist	WHOI
Walker, Sharon	Scientist	NOAA:PMEL

Support Personnel	Role	Institution
Agee, Casey	Engineer:ROV	WHOI:NDSF
Burke, Tony	Technician:Science:Chief	UW
Collasius, Alberto	Pilot:ROV:Chief	WHOI:NDSF
Feldman, Ken	Technician:Science	UW
Handley, William	Engineer:ROV	WHOI:NDSF
Hansen, Scott	Engineer:ROV	WHOI:NDSF
Kelley, Sean	Engineer:ROV	WHOI:NDSF
Lin, Min-Hui	Technician:Science	UW
Pelowski, James	Manager:Data:ROV	LDEO
Sellers, William	Engineer:ROV	WHOI:NDSF
Kevis-Sterling, Nile Akel	Engineer:ROV	WHOI:NDSF
Thomas, Hans	Technician	MBARI
Vailea, Akapei	Observer:Official	Not Provided
Varnum, James	Engineer:ROV	WHOI:NDSF
Walter, David	Engineer:ROV	WHOI:NDSF

Crew Personnel	Role	Institution
McClenaghan, Alan	Captain	UW

Related Documents

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Content	Format
Report:Science:Cruise	PDF

Data Inventory

Sensor Data

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Derived Data

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Data Set	Device Information	Repository	Event Information	Investigator	References
Bathymetry:Swath	R/V Thomas G. Thompson Sonar:Multibeam(Simrad,EM300)	MGDS	Show/Hide Launch	Resing, J.	NotProvided

Field Data

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Data Set	Device Information	Repository	Event Information	Investigator	References
ADCP	R/V Thomas G. Thompson Sonar:ADCP(RDI,OS-75)	MGDS	NotApplicable	Embley, R. Resing, J.	NotProvided
Backscatter:Acoustic Bathymetry:Swath Sidescan	R/V Thomas G. Thompson Sonar:Multibeam(Simrad,EM300)	MGDS	NotApplicable	Embley, R. Resing, J.	NotProvided
Bathymetry:Swath	R/V Thomas G. Thompson	NOAA:NGDC	NotApplicable	MGDS	NotProvided
Conductivity Pressure Temperature	CTD	MGDS	Show/Hide Station:WaterColumn:Lowered	Embley, R. Resing, J.	NotProvided
Depth SoundVelocity Temperature	R/V Thomas G. Thompson Probe:Expendable:XBT(Sippican,MK21)	MGDS	Show/Hide Station:WaterColumn:Released	Resing, J.	NotProvided
Navigation:Primary	R/V Thomas G. Thompson Navigation	MGDS	NotApplicable	Resing, J.	NotProvided
Photograph:Video:FrameGrab	ROV:Jason II Camera:Video(WHOI,VirtualVan)	WHOI:NDSF	NotProvided	Resing, J.	NotProvided

Sample Data

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Derived Data

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Sample Set	Investigator	Metadata Repository	References
Chemistry:Rock LabAnalysis	Clague, D.	MGDS	NotProvided	View Related Data Sets

Sample Inventory

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Sample Set	Investigator	References
SampleInfo:Biology	Cowen, J. Davis, R. Huber, J. Podowski, E. Reysenbach, A. Shank, T.	NotProvided
SampleInfo:Fluid	Butterfield, D. Cowen, J. Huber, J. Resing, J. Lilley, M. Lupton, J.	NotProvided
SampleInfo:Rock	Gill, J. Langmuir, C. Lupton, J. Michael, P. Plank, T. Rubin, K. Clague, D. Embley, R. Keller, N.	NotProvided	View Related Data Sets
SampleInfo:Sediment	Clague, D. Embley, R. Keller, N. Rubin, K.	NotProvided