The New Zealand American Submarine Ring of Fire 2007 expedition aboard the research vessel Sonne targeted the Brothers Submarine Volcano and the Ngatoro Rift Basins, north of New Zealand.Bathymetry data are: satellite-derived (bottom, 3500-meter resolution); EM300 (top, along the arc, 30-meter resolution). Plate tectonic features are also indicated. (Image courtesy of satellite-derived bathymetry from Sandwell and Smith, EM300 bathymetry data courtesy of Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, the Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences, NOAA Vents Program and NOAA-OE.)[back]
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