The Discovery of the Lost City Hydrothermal Field, 2000

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The Discovery of the Lost City Hydrothermal Field, 2000

Url:

http://www.lostcity.washington.edu/science/discovery.html

Publisher:

University of Washington

Description: This page (part of the Lost City Expedition Site) describes the serendipitous discovery of the Lost City Hydrothermal Field by. In 2000, Kelley, Karson, and Früh-Green participated on a cruise to the Atlantis massif, which was lead by Donna Blackman, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. On December 4th 2000, while operating the remote camera system called Argo they came upon "a landscape unlike anything that had been observed before". The page describes the first impressions of the new discovery as well as the logistical and technical hurdles encountered conducting a preliminary investigation of the field with both remote (Argo) and manned (Alvin) submersibles.

LC Classification:

Geography. Anthropology. Recreation -- Oceanography -- Underwater exploration
Geography. Anthropology. Recreation -- Oceanography -- Underwater exploration -- Deep-sea soundings
Science -- Zoology -- Geographical distribution -- Physiographic divisions -- Water -- Ocean -- Hydrothermal vents

GEM Subject:

Science -- Oceanography
Science -- Ecology

Key Concept:

Oceanography -- Ecosystem dynamics
Oceanography -- Thermal properties

Resource Type:

Reference Material

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Document -- HTML

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Language:

English

Access Rights:

Free access

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