Month: July 2023

Research cruise to the Reyk­janes Ridge

The north­east At­lantic is the des­tin­a­tion of ex­ped­i­tion MS­M119 with the re­search ves­sel MARIA S. MERIAN. The sea­floor drilling rig MARUM-Me­Bo70 is also on board. The aim is to drill into the up­per ocean crust of a young, cold flank of the Mid-At­lantic Ridge and to in­stall bore­hole ob­ser­vat­or­ies. In the fu­ture, they will be used to doc­u­ment and quantify the fluid flow in the basaltic crus>> read more