Research Expeditions
The Shank lab has participated in more than 50 scientific expeditions to deep-sea hydrothermal vents, hydrocarbon and methane seeps, continental slopes, seamounts, ocean
trenches and abyssal plains in the Atantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Southern Oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Tasman, Cortez, Celebes and Mediterranean Seas; more
than 120 submersible dives, 90 remotely-operated vehicle days, and 70 autonomous underwater vehicle dives.
| 1993 | |||
| R/V Atlantis & HOV Alvin | 9-10°N, East Pacific Rise | Ch. Sci. R. Lutz | |
| 1994 | |||
| R/V Atlantis & HOV Alvin | Juan de Fuca; Explorer Ridge | Ch. Sci. R. Lutz & J. Childress | |
| R/V Atlantis & HOV Alvin | 9-10°N, East Pacific Rise | Ch. Sci. R. Lutz | |
| R/V Atlantis & HOV Alvin | 9-10°N, East Pacific Rise | Ch. Sci. K. Von Damm & M. Lilley | |
| 1995 | |||
| R/V Atlantis & HOV Alvin | 9-10°N, East Pacific Rise | Ch. Sci. R. Lutz | |
| 1996 | |||
| R/V Knorr & ROV Jason, Argo II | 37°N Mid-Atlantic Ridge | Ch. Sci. D. Fornari & S. Humphris | |
| R/V Wecoma | 42°N, Northern Gorda Ridge | Ch. Sci. R. Embley & J. Cowen | |
| 1997 | |||
| R/V Atlantis & HOV Alvin | 37°N-14°N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge | Ch. Sci. R. C. Vrijenhoek & R. Lutz | |
| R/V Atlantis & HOV Alvin | 9-10°N, East Pacific Rise | Ch. Sci. R. Lutz | |
| 1998 | |||
| R/V Atlantis & HOV Alvin | 17- 22°S, East Pacific Rise | Ch. Sci. K. Von Damm & M. Lilley | |
| 1999 | |||
| R/V Atlantis & HOV Alvin | 9-10°N, East Pacific Rise | Ch. Sci. C. Cary | |
| 2000 | |||
| R/V Atlantis & HOV Alvin | Guaymas Basin | Ch. Sci. S. C. Cary | |
| R/V Atlantis & HOV Alvin | 9-10°N, East Pacific Rise | Ch. Sci. R. Lutz | |
| 2001 | |||
| R/V Knorr & ROV Jason, Argo II | Central Indian Ridge | Ch. Sci. C. Van Dover | |
| 2002 | |||
| R/V Atlantis & HOV Alvin, AUV ABE | Galápagos Rift | Ch. Sci. T.M. Shank | |
| R/V Atlantis & HOV Alvin | 9-10°N, East Pacific Rise | Ch. Sci. K. Von Damm | |
| R/V Atlantis & AUV ABE | 21°N, East Pacific Rise | Ch. Sci. K. Von Damm | |
| 2003 | |||
| R/V Atlantis & HOV Alvin | 9-10°N, 13°N East Pacific Rise | Ch. Sci. C. Cary | |
| R/V Atlantis & HOV Alvin, AUV ABE | New England Seamounts | Ch. Sci. J. Adkins | |
| R/V Atlantis & HOV Alvin, AUV ABE | Lost City Vent Field, MAR | Ch. Sci. D. Kelley & J. Karson | |
| 2004 | |||
| R/V Atlantis & HOV Alvin | 9-10°N, East Pacific Rise | Ch. Sci. K. Von Damm | |
| R/V Atlantis & HOV Alvin | 9-10°N, East Pacific Rise | Ch. Sci. R. Lutz | |
| R/V Kilo Moana & AUV ABE | Lau Basin, Western Pacific | Ch. Sci. C. Langmuir | |
| 2005 | |||
| RRS Charles Darwin & AUV ABE | Equatorial Southern Atlantic Ridge | Ch. Sci. C. German & T.M. Shank | |
| R/V Atlantis & HOV Alvin | 9-10°N, 13°N East Pacific Rise | Ch. Sci. C. Vetriani & T.M. Shank | |
| R/V Atlantis & HOV Alvin | Galápagos Rift | Ch. Sci. T.M. Shank | |
| R/V Ron Brown & ROV Hercules | Lost City Hydrothermal Field | Ch. Sci. R. Ballard & D. Kelley | |
| R/V Ron Brown & ROV Hercules | New England/Corner Seamounts | Ch. Sci. L. Watling & T.M. Shank | |
| 2006 | |||
| R/V New Horizon & TowCam | 9-10°N, EPR Rapid Response | Ch. Sci. J. Cowen | |
| R/V Atlantis & HOV Alvin | 9-10°N, EPR Rapid Response | Ch. Sci. K. Von Damm | |
| R/V Atlantis & HOV Alvin, TowCam | 9-10°N, East Pacific Rise | Ch. Sci. K. Von Damm | |
| 2007 | |||
| R/V Atlantis & HOV Alvin | 9-10°N, East Pacific Rise | Ch. Sci. T.M. Shank | |
| Icebreaker Oden | Mosby Seamount, Arctic Ocean | Ch. Sci. H. Singh | |
| Icebreaker Oden | Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean | Ch. Sci. R. Reeves-Sohn | |
| R/V Kilo Moana & HROV Nereus | O’ahu Coast, Hawaii | Ch. Sci. A. Bowen | |
| 2008 | |||
| R/V Foster & ROV SeaEye Falcon | Lophelia II, Gulf of Mexico | Ch. Sci. E. Cordes | |
| 2009 | |||
| R/V Thompson & TowCam | Kermadec Ridge | Ch. Sci. R. Keil | |
| R/V Thompson & ROV Jason II | Event Response E. Lau Basin | Ch. Sci. J. Resing | |
| R/V Kilo Moana & HROV Nereus | Mariana Seamounts and Trench | Ch. Sci. A. Bowen | |
| F/G Walton Smith & ROV Global Explorer | Bahamas Deep-Sea Corals | Ch. Sci. S. France | |
| R/V Ron Brown & ROV Jason II | Lophelia II 2009, Gulf of Mexico | Ch. Sci. C. Fisher | |
| 2010 | |||
| R/V Melville & AUV ABE | INSPIRE Chile Triple Junction | Ch. Sci. A. Thurber | |
| R/V Tangaroa & DTIS | KARMA, Kermadec ARc MinerAls | Ch. Sci. M. Clark | |
| R/V Okeanos Explorer & ROV Little Hercules | INDEX-SATAL Indonesia, Sulawesi | Lead Sci. T.M. Shank | |
| E/V Nautilus & ROV Hercules | Anaximander Seamounts, Med. | Lead Shore Sci. T.M. Shank | |
| R/V Ron Brown & ROV Jason II | Lophelia II Gulf of Mexico | Ch. Sci. E. Cordes | |
| R/V Atlantis & HOV Alvin | Oil Spill Response, Gulf of Mexico | Ch. Sci. C. Fisher | |
| 2011 | |||
| RRS James Cook & ROV Isis | Bransfield Strait & E. Scotia Ridge | Ch. Sci. P. Tyler | |
| R/V Tangaroa & AUV Sentry, TowCam | Kermadec Seamounts | Ch. Sci. C. de Ronde | |
| R/V McArthur & AUV Sentry, TowCam | Gulf of Mexico | Ch. Sci. T.M. Shank | |
| R/V Okeanos Explorer & ROV Little Hercules | GALREX 2011 Galápagos Rift | Ch. Sci. T.M. Shank | |
| M/V Holiday Chouest & ROV UHD-34 | Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill Impacts Assessment | Ch. Sci. C. Fisher & E. Cordes | &|
| 2012 | |||
| R/V Okeanos Explorer & ROV Little Hercules | GoMEX, Gulf of Mexico | Lead Sci. T.M. Shank | |
| R/V Nautilus & ROV Hercules | Anaximander Seamounts | ||
| R/V Melville & AUV Sentry, TowCam | INSPIRE Chile Triple Junction | Ch. Sci. C. German & D. Blackman | |
| R/V Bigelow & TowCam | North Atlantic Canyons | Ch. Sci. M. Nizinski | |
| R/V Falkor & ROV Global Explorer MK3 | Gulf of Mexico | Ch. Sci. P. Etnoyer | |
| R/V Roger Revelle & ROV Quest 4000 | SRoF’12 – NE Lau Basin expedition | Ch. Sci. J. Resing, B.M. Tebo & B. Embley | |
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