Projects and Initiatives
3D MCS investigation of the East Pacific Rise 9° 50’N
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Suzanne M. Carbotte
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John C. Mutter In summer 2008 we conducted the first multi-streamer Multi-Channel Seismic program of Lamont’s new national marine seismic facility, the R/V Langseth.
4D Technology
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Roger N. Anderson Our 4D seimic monitoring technique gives a volumetric 3D view of the drainage within each reservoir over time.
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4D Technology ADGRAV
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Robin E. Bell
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Christopher Small The U.S. National Science Foundation has agreed to support the development of a next-generation gravity map of Antarctica (ADGRAV - Antarctic Digital Gravity Synthesis).
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ADGRAV Location
United States
76° 35' 54.762" S, 14° 3' 45" E
See map: Google Maps
AGAP: Exploring the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains in Antarctica during the International Polar Year
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Robin E. Bell Scientists from several nations are working together to launch a flagship program to explore a major mountain range buried by a large continental ice sheet and bounded by numerous subglacial lakes.
Alaska/Aleutian megathrust project
Our project will focus on the subduction zone off southern Alaska, which produces large and destructive earthquakes.
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Main project website Analysis of 9°50'N East Pacific Rise Seismicity: Insight into Hydrothermal and Magmatic Processes
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Maya Tolstoy
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Felix Waldhauser This project is the continued analysis of seismic data collected on a 4x4 km array of ocean bottom seismometers (OBSs) deployed at the Ridge 2000 Integrated Study Site at 9°50'N on the East Pacific Ri
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Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
United States
See map: Google Maps
Antarctic and Southern Ocean Data Portal
PI(s):
Suzanne M. Carbotte The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Data Portal provides access to geoscience data, primarily marine, from the Antarctic region.
Location
United States
81° 20' 5.4384" S, 97° 12' 25.3116" W
See map: Google Maps
Borehole Research Group
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David S. Goldberg The Borehole Research Group (BRG) uses downhole geophysical measurements in a wide variety of scientific investigations including sea level variations, paleoceanography, flow of fluids through fractured rock
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Borehole Research Group Calibration of R/V Langseth Seismic Sources
This projects aims to calibrate the seismic sources to be used by the R/V Marcus Langseth to better understand and quantify the safety radii that should be used for permitting purposes when conduct
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Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
United States
See map: Google Maps
GAMBIT: Gamburtsev Aerogeophysical Mapping of Bedrock and Ice Targets
PI(s):
Robin E. Bell Using geophysical instruments, GAMBIT will peal back more than 600 meters of ice to explore the last hidden mountain range on Earth.
Haiti Offshore : A Rapid Response Expedition
PI(s):
Cecilia M. McHugh
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Marie-Helene Cormier
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John B. Diebold
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Leonardo Seeber
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Michael S. Steckler A multidisciplinary team of scientists undertook a 20-day research cruise on the Research Vessel Endeavor to map the effects of the Haitian earthquake offshore.
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Haiti Offshore Hudson River Research
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Robin E. Bell The Center for River and Estuaries is an association of scientists from Columbia University that study various aspects of rivers and estuaries world wide including the distribution of sediments, th
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Hudson River Research ICE Bridge
PI(s):
Robin E. Bell
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James R. Cochran The Ice Sheets at both poles are changing - shrinking at increasing rates - rates that are faster than was ever expected by scientists.
icePod: Development of an Ice Imaging System for Monitoring Changing Ice Sheets Mounted on the NYANG LC-130
This project will develop an integrated ice imaging system capable of measuring in detail both the ice surface and the ice bed. TheicePod system will be installed and operated on New York Air National Guard LC-130 aircraft during routine and targeted missions across Antarctica and Greenland as a shared community research facility providing data to scientists and educators globally. The fundamental data sets produced by the icePod system are necessary to support the development of accurate ice sheet models to predict sea level rise. The icePod system will consist of a suite of imaging sensors mounted in an external pod carried on New York Air National Guard LC-130’s to map the surface and subsurface ice topography of ice sheets, ice streams and outlet glaciers.
Lake Vostok
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Robin E. Bell Lake Vostok: A Curiosity or a Focus for Interdisciplinary Study? A workshop sponsored by U.S. National Science Foundation.
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Lake Vostok Location
United States
78° 27' 0" S, 106° 47' 60" W
See map: Google Maps
LDEO Surface Processes Group
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Colin P. Stark LDEO surface processes (geomorphology & remote sensing) group web server, in order to disseminate our work to the geomorphology and hydrology research communities and beyond.
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LDEO surface processes group Lean Energy
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Roger N. Anderson Lean Management for Oil and Gas in the Ultra Deep Gulf of Mexico.
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Lean Energy LODOS
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David S. Goldberg LODOS: Laboratory for Ocean Drilling, Observation, and Sampling. The purpose of LODOS is to expand and facilitate drilling-related science and education at Lamont.
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LODOS MB-System
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Dale N. Chayes MB-System is an open source software package for the processing and display of bathymetry and backscatter imagery data derived f
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MB-System MGDS: MARGINS Data Portal
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William B. Ryan
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Suzanne M. Carbotte Continental margins are the Earth's principal loci for producing hydrocarbon and metal resources, for earthquake, landslide, volcanic and climatic hazards, and for the greatest population density.
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MARGINS Data Portal MGDS: Marine Geoscience Data System
PI(s):
Suzanne M. Carbotte
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William B. Ryan Unified data portal for the NSF Ridge 2000 program, MARGINS program, Marine Seismic Reflection data, Antarctic Multibeam Bathymetry Synthesis, and RIDGE Multibeam Bathymetry Synthesis; includes Geo
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Marine Geoscience Data System: MGDS MGDS: Ridge 2000 Data Portal
Access cruise information and data collected during Ridge2000 funded projects.
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Ridge 2000 Data Portal MGDS: Virtual Ocean - A Visualization Application for Ocean Data
PI(s):
William B. Ryan
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Suzanne M. Carbotte Virtual Ocean integrates the GeoMapApp tool suite and the NASA World Wind 3-D
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Virtual Ocean Mountains Under the Sea
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Timothy Crone In December 2009, Marine scientists set off on the research ship Atlantis to study the East Pacific Rise, an actively volcanic undersea mountain range some 500 miles off Mexico and thousands of fee
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Mountains Under the Sea Blog Newark Rift Basin Coring Project
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David S. Goldberg
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Paul E. Olsen Wireline logs were acquired at seven sites in the Newark Rift basin using dipmeter, gamma ray, resistivity, ve
Operation Ice Bridge Web Logs
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Nicholas Frearson In October 2009, a giant NASA DC-8 aircraft was loaded with geophysical instruments and scientists will buzz at low level over the coasts of West Antarctica, where ice sheets are collapsing at a pa
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Ice Bridge Blog Feed Passive Hydroacoustics Research Group
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Delwayne R. Bohnenstiehl Underwater acoustic studies related to undersea earthquakes, marine mammals, Antarctic ice-sheets, ocean noise and explosion monitoring.
PetDB
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Kerstin A. Lehnert PetDB archives and serves analytical data for whole rocks, glasses, minerals, melt inclusions, with emphasis on basalts and abyssal peridotites.
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PetDB PETRO
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Roger N. Anderson PETRO is the new oil and gas division of Lamont's corporate affiliates program.
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PETRO Quantitative Basin Analysis
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Garry Karner Methodology for simulating basin stratigraphy and structure.
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Quantitative Basin Analysis Ridge Multibeam Bathymetry Synthesis
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Suzanne M. Carbotte Mutibeam Bathymetry data from the global Mid-Ocean Ridge with access to related data.
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Ridge Multibeam Bathymetry Synthesis SCAMP (Seafloor Characterization And Mapping Pods)
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Dale N. Chayes Welcome to the presense of the SCAMP component of the SCICEX program on the World Wide Web. An underway geophysical survey from nuclear submarines in the Arctic.
SCICEX
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Dale N. Chayes SCICEX was a 5 year program (1995-1999) in which the Navy has made available a Sturgeon-class, nuclear powered, attack submarine for unclassified science cruises to the Arctic Ocean.
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SCICEX SedDB - Data Collection for Marine Sediment Geochemistry
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Kerstin A. Lehnert SedDB complements current geological data systems (PetDB, EarthChem, NavDat and GEOROC) with an integrated compilation of geochemistry of marine
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SedDB Seismic Reflection Field Data Center
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Suzanne M. Carbotte Access to marine seismic reflection images, navigation, acquisition parameters and field data.
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Academic Seismic Portal at LDEO TAMAM : Turkish-American MArmara Multichannel
A project using multichannel seismic reflection data collected on research cruises in the Marmara Sea to study the earthquake hazard and basin growth along a continental transform fault, the North
Location
Marmara Sea
Turkey
Turkish-American MArmara Multichannel (TAMAM)
This project is a collaboration between several US and Turkish research institutes to study the tectonics of the Marmara Sea.
Location
Marmara Sea
Turkey
West Antarctic Ice Sheet Airborne Gravimetry
PI(s):
Robin E. Bell An airborne geophysical program over West Antarctica was designed to study the linkage between the West Antarctic Rift System and the dynamic evolution of the overlying West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Location
Antarctica
Antarctica
83° 49' 47.802" S, 85° 4' 41.25" E