Institute of Geophysics
RV METEOR Expedition to the Azores kicks off
5 December 2022
Since last week, one technician and six marine geophysicists from the Hamburg Institute of Geophysics have been underway with the research vessel METEOR to the Azores. The project is led by geochemist Christopher Schmidt from GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, who studies hydrothermal fluid seeps on the seafloor and near underwater volcanoes. The task of the Hamburg team, led by Arne Warwel, is to use marine seismic and hydroacoustic measurements to identify the fluid seeps on the seafloor and to image and understand fluid pathways between magmatic intrusions and the seafloor.