SM 2000 multibeam bathymetry, overlaid on Imagenex pencil beam sonar collected by the ABE autonomous underwater vehicle.

SM 2000 multibeam bathymetry (1 meter grid-cell size), overlaid on Imagenex pencil beam sonar (3 meter grid cell size) collected by the ABE autonomous underwater vehicle on the SRoF’02 expedition to Explorer Ridge, NE Pacific. Image courtesy of New Zealand American Submarine Ring of Fire 2007 Exploration, NOAA Vents Program, the Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences and NOAA-OE.

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New Zealand American Submarine Ring of Fire 2007

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