Ridgeview
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Overview
The intent of this visualization portal is to provide community
access to an interdisciplinary array of information and 3-D visualizations pertaining to study sites of the Ridge 2000.
The visualizations focus on the three integrated study sites (the Lau Basin, Juan de Fuca Ridge and the East Pacific Rise).
Click on any of the three study sites in the image above to go directly to the visualization files, or browse through our Library
for Ridge 2000 related visualizations.
Integrated Study Sites
Lau Basin / Tonga Trench
The East Lau Spreading Center, lying in the Lau back-arc basin, was chosen as an ISS because it provides the best back-arc site to study the complete range of spreading center processes, from mantle to microbe.
East Pacific Rise
The 8-11ºN section of the East Pacific Rise (EPR) is a fast-spreading ridge. Reasons for choosing it as an ISS include: 1) it possess most of the geological/geophysical, biological, and chemical diversity observed on fast-spreading ridges, and 2) that extensive, high-quality baseline data are available due to the area having been intensively studied since the early 1980s.
Juan de Fuca
The Endeavour Segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge is a first order intermediate-rate spreading segment lying within 270 nautical miles of the northwest U.S. and southwest Canada. Reasons for choosing it as an ISS include: 1) it is monitored in real-time by a hydroacoustic array, 2) the crustal window is well mapped, and 3) historic data are accessible, including many years' preexisting data on magmatic and tectonic events, as well as extensive chemical, biological, and geologic time-series.
Monitoring of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge(MoMAR)
The MoMAR observatory site is located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near 37°N, and is characterized by a high magma supply due to its proximity to the Azores hotspot. The segment center is home to the Lucky Strike hydrothermal field, and recent multichannel seismic (MCS) images reveal a robust magma chamber 3 kilometers below the seafloor (see visualization scenes). Although not an official Ridge2000 observatory site (yet), this area has seen extensive studies by our European partners, along with several U.S. scientists and institutions.
Contact Us
The R2K program has funding for researchers to work with the SIO Visualization team to create interactive visualizations, static movies, and images using data from any of the integrated study sites (ISS). We can also help modify our current visualizations to meet your needs. Please contact us at vizinfo@ucsd.edu more information.
For more information, visit:
http://www.ridge2000.org (Main Ridge 2000 Program Site)
http://ridgeview.ucsd.edu (Ridgeview Portal)
http://lookingtosea.ucsd.edu (Ridgeview on LOOKING)
Acknowledgment
This visualization work was made possible through major funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) award OCE 0424896 to University
of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography for "Immersive Visualization at RIDGE 2000 Integrated Study Sites:
Community Access and Construction of Virtual 3-D Models.