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Chris German (right) explaining the ROV Jason dive plan to Matt Hodgkinson.

Chris German (right) explaining the ROV Jason dive plan to Matt Hodgkinson.
Chris German (right) explaining the ROV Jason dive plan to Matt Hodgkinson.
Chris German (right) explaining the ROV Jason dive plan to Matt Hodgkinson.
Chris German (right) explaining the ROV Jason dive plan to Matt Hodgkinson.
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DeMarines, Julia
Chris German (right) explaining the ROV Jason dive plan to Matt Hodgkinson.
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03/15/2012
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WHOI marine geochemist Chris German (right) and doctoral student Matt Hodgkinson of the National Oceanography Centre in England study a map of the seafloor from the Mid-Cayman Rise, an undersea mountain chain as much as 6,800 meters (4.2 miles) beneath the surface of the Western Caribbean Sea. In January 2012, German led an international expedition using the remotely operated vehicle Jason to return to, and sample, newly-discovered hydrothermal vent fields along this ultra-slow-spreading ridge, a region where two of Earths tectonic plates move apart and new material wells up from the interior.
Julia DeMarines was the blogger on this OASES 2012 cruise. She is a research assistant to Dr. David Grinspoon, curator of Astrobiology at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
OASES 2012 expedition to Mid-Cayman Rise.
Photo by Julia DeMarines
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
http://www.oases2012.blogspot.com
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