ISS Groups: Eastern Lau Spreading Center

Moderator: Peter Michael; Co-moderator: Joe Resing

Files and images are attached at the bottom of this page.

Lau ISS breakout at St. Louis Synth c.doc
Lau-ISS advantages.pdf (from the site proposal, paraphrased and edited by K. Rubin)
epr-lau comparison slide.pdf (from the Rubin-Shank talk)

Participants (list your name here):
    •    Peter Michael
    •    Joseph Resing
    •    Vicki Ferrini
    •    Jeff Standish
    •    Del Bohnenstiehl
    •    Meg Tivey
    •    Chuck Fisher
    •    Erin Becker
    •    Ana-Louise Reysenbach
    •    Ed Baker
    •    Spar Webb
    •    Rob Dunn
    •    Liz Podowski
    •    Chip Breier
    •    James Conder
    •    plus others

Discussion topics (list ideas and suggestions here):
• Influence of rock chemistry on vent fluids, chimneys, and biology

Data Portal Links:
    •    Lau Cruises
    •    Lau Sensor Data Sets
    •    Lau Sample Data Sets
    •    Lau Sample Inventories
    •    Custom Database Search
    •    GeoMapApp
    •    GeoMapApp Webstart

ISS Maps (Generated with GeoMapApp):
*Use [[file/view/R2K_Places_2009-09-28.loc|R2K_Places_2009-09-28.loc]] to automatically zoom to these views in GeoMapApp.

Lau ISS Regional Map (Lau_ISS.png)

Lau ISS Regional Map with vent fields (Lau_ISS_vents.png)

*Note that no vent structures have been formally cataloged for Lau.

Lau ISS with Martinez et al., 2006 coarse axis picks (Lau_ISS_axis.png)

Lau ISS (3Degree) Map (with colors to match other 3Degree ISS maps) (Lau3deg.png)

Lau N-ELSC - AMC depth (LauAMC1.jpg)

Lau C-ELSC - AMC depth (LauAMC2.jpg)

Lau Valu Fa Ridge - AMC depth (LauAMC3.jpg)

Lau Southern Valu Fa Ridge - AMC depth (LauAMC4.jpg)

Lau ISS Rock Samples and Vent Fields (Lau_ISS_rocks_vents.png)
[Rock samples: Blue, Vent Fields: Red]

Lau N-ELSC Biology Samples (N-ELSC_bio.png)

Lau N-ELSC Fluid Samples (N-ELSC_fluid.png)