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Meteor Cruise M70/3
Irakleion/Crete - Irakleion/Crete
26 November 2006 - 8 December 2006
The prime objective of the research in the investigation area Anaximander Mountains south of Turkey is to decipher which key processes occur at the cold seeps. This should be resolved by the interdisciplinary work conducted in the project "Gas and Fluid Seepage" in the frame of the Research Center Ocean Margins (RCOM). In order to achieve this the ROV QUEST is the main tool in order to map the seafloor and take samples on the spot. ROV serves as platform for the deployment and recovery of autonomous tool measuring, e. g. the flow of bubbles at the seafloor.
The working area Anaximander Mountains off Turkey, where the station work shall be conducted during the Meteor cruise M70/3.
Literature
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Lykousis V, Alexandri S, Woodside J, Nomikou P, Perissoratis C, Sakellariou D, de Lange G, Dahlmann A, Casas D, Rousakis G, Ballas D, Ioakim C (2004) New evidence of extensive active mud volcanism in teh Anaximander mountains (Eastern Mediterranean): The "Athina" mud volcano. Environmental Geology 46:1030-1037
Olu-Le Roy K, Sibuet M, Fiala-Médioni A, Gofas S, Salas C, Mariotti A, Foucher JP, Woodside J (2004) Cold seep communities in the deep eastern Mediterranean Sea: composition, symbiosis and spatial distribution on mud volcanoes. Deep-Sea Res 51:1915-1936
ten Veen JH, Woodside JM, Zitter TAC, Dumont JF, Mascle J, Volkonskaia A (2004) Neotectonic evolution of the Anaximander Mountains at the junction of the Hellenic and Cyprus arcs. Tectonophysics 391:35-65
Woodside JM, Ivanov MK, Limonov AF, expedition Ssota (1998) Shallow gas and gas hydrates in the Anaximander Mountain region, eastern Mediterranean Sea. In: Henriet JP, Mienert J (eds) Gas Hydrates: Relevance to World Margin Stability and Climate Change, Vol 137. Geological Society, London, p 177-193