An oceanographic research expedition to the southeast Indian Ocean to study the formation of the Indian Ocean Basin as India, Australia, and Antarctica separated starting 150 million years ago. Click here to see the results summary from the expedition. A geochemical study to investigate the structure of the Hawaiian hotspot by studying lavas erupted at Kilauea over much of it's history. This will tell us how the compositions of lavas changed over most of Kilauea's life and from this we will learn about the hot spot's size and structure deep in the Earth's mantle. All rights reserved.
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