DRILLING THE MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE: The RRS James
Cook maiden voyage is to explore a massive underwater
volcanic mountain range. The team led by Professor
Roger Searle from Durham University, will try to discover
why a huge 'wound' has appeared in the Earth's crust
in a region of the ridge known as the Fifteen-Twenty
Fracture Zone (FTFZ). The expedition is funded by
the Natural Environment Research Council under the
UK Integrated Ocean Drilling Program. To follow their
progress click here.
More information will follow on completion of the
cruise.
ACEX Nature Articles published June 2006 in Nature
