Arctic Gakkel Vents (AGAVE) 2007 - Meteorological, Oceanographic and Ship Data Collected Onboard Icebreaker Oden

SND-ID: ECDS 0207

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Swedish Polar Research Secretariat

Description

AGAVE was a US-financed project where scientists explored life in the hydrothermal vents from the core of the Earth, which has been found at the Gakkel Ridge, a mountain ridge below the Arctic Ocean.

The expedition was an International Polar Year (IPY) collaboration between scientists from the USA, Sweden, Germany and Japan.

The AGAVE expedition made a number of exciting discoveries on the Gakkel Ridge, and one of the most surprising was the fact that the axial valley at the 85°E segment is blanketed in pyroclastic deposits - the largest unconsolidated deposits ever found on the seafloor (picture 4). These deposits are caused by explosive volcanic eruptions, which many scientists had assumed were impossible in the deep ocean because of the great pressures at such depths. The AGAVE observations turn this idea upside down, and demonstrate that volcanic activity at the 85°E site has been accompanied by the catastrophic discharge of magmatic volatiles. These pyroclastic deposits are being analyzed to determine their age and composition in order to better understand this surprising result. The de

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Language

English

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Data contains personal data

No

Method and time period

Time period(s) investigated

2007-07-01 – 2007-08-10

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Arctic Ocean

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Description

This data set contains meteorological, oceanographic and ship data collected during the US-Swedish expedition Arctic Gakkel Vents (AGAVE), which was an international research cruise using the icebreaker Oden in the Arctic Ocean.

Data includes:

meteorological variables: Air temperature, Humidity, Wind direction/speed, Atmospheric pressure.

Oceanographic variables: Sea water temperature, Conductivity, Salinity and Sound velocity.

Ship data: Position, Speed, Course, Water depth.

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Citation

Swedish Polar Research Secretariat (2017). Arctic Gakkel Vents (AGAVE) Expedition - Meteorological, Oceanographic and Ship Data Collected Onboard Icebreaker Oden during July 1 through August 9 2007. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5879/ecds/2016-07-07.6/1

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Numeric

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Swedish Polar Research Secretariat

Time period(s) investigated

2007-07-01 – 2007-08-09

Collection methodology

Physical measurements

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Physical measurements and tests
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2007-07-01–2007-08-09

Variables

15

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Creative Commons  Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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Icebreaker Oden

Published: 2018-02-20
Last updated: 2022-12-05