ROV Dive S0477 - Auka Z Vent and Surroundings

Join ROV SuBastian from the RV Falkor for the sixteenth dive of the Interdisciplinary Investigation of the Pescadero Basin expedition. This is the eight dive of the third leg, primarily focused on the biological component. The Auka Vent FIeld in the Pescadero Basin was discovered and characterized during 2012/2015 MBARI expeditions when Mapping AUV surveys revealed apparent vent features and subsequent ROV dives confirmed active venting with carbonate dominated chimneys and edifices. This dive has three primary objectives: (1) to collect push cores and corresponding temperature profiles at a site NW of Z vent. (2) to collect push cores and corresponding temperature profiles at the oily mat site SE of Z vent. (3) Then travel S to a site called The Dolomites to collect rocks, animals, and push cores and corresponding temperature profiles. #PescaderoVentDiving2