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R/V METEOR M112: 6 November - 15 December 2014 (Catania - Antalya - Catania)
Gas hydrates in mud volcanoes of the Anaximander Mountains (Eastern Mediterranean)
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Micro-bathymetry of Kazan Mud Volcano (above left) and Thessaloniki Mud Volcano (above right), measured with AUV SEAL 5000. Both mud volcanoes are part of a group of mud volcanoes in a submarine mountain (below) between Cryprus and Crete, in the eastern Mediterreanean.
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Tube worms rooting in the hydrogen sulphide-rich sediments below a carbonate crust of Amsterdam mud volcano.
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Extraordinary population of tube worms on a rock of Athina mud volcano in 1,800 m water depth. ROV-QUEST shot during dive no. 135, cruise M70/3 in 2006.
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Chief Scientist:
Gerhard Bohrmann
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Actual position of R/V METEOR
RV METEOR with Control Station German Research Vessels
M112 Leg 1: 06.11.-20.11.2014
Catania - Antalya
M112 Leg 2: 20.11.-15.12.2014
Antalya - Catania
Weblog with National Geographic (in German)
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Autoclave-piston corers DAPC I und II
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Above: ROV QUEST 4000 of MARUM
Below: AUV SEAL 5000
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Depression in the centre of Amsterdam mud volcano. Clearly visible are different clasts of various sizes which were transported together with the mud from greater depth to the surface through the volcano's chimney.