WECOMA Results - Axial Seamount Volcanic Event, January, 1998

WECOMA Instrument Deployments Oregon State University's research vessel Wecoma returned to Newport, Oregon on February 16 1998 from a seismic event response cruise organized by NSF/RIDGE and NOAA/VENTS. WECOMA deployed 8 OBH instruments and made 16 CTD casts. See final report from sea for details. The map on the left shows the OBH locations as magenta diamonds. The CTD casts appear as red stars. An interactive map of the CTD and OBH sites is available.

Preliminary Scientific Results (posted 2/23/98) Go to map of CTD's only WECOMA photos

Address inquiries to:

Vents webmaster

Jim Cowen - University of Hawaii/Wecoma Chief Scientist- jcowen@soest.hawaii.edu

Robert W. Embley - NOAA/PMEL Geologist- robert.w.embley@noaa.gov

Ed Baker - NOAA/PMEL Chemist- edward.baker@noaa.gov