Data from expedition AGAVE, Arctic Ocean, 2007

Martin Jakobsson

The AGAVE (Arctic Gakkel Vents) expedition was carried out during summer 2007 in the central Artic Ocean with a main focus on mapping and sampling the Gakkel Ridge.

With the Swedish icebreaker Oden serving as the research platform, a range of scientific investigations were made. The main scientific goal was to investigate the volcanism in the Gakkel Ridge. Data provided in the database here comprise processed multibeam bathymetry.

The expedition started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, and ended in Tromsø, Norway, and lasted from July 1 to August 10, 2007.

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Citation

Martin Jakobsson (2021) Data from expedition AGAVE, Arctic Ocean, 2007. Dataset version 1. Bolin Centre Database. https://doi.org/10.17043/oden-agave-2007-expedition-1

References

1. Arctic Gakkel Vents Expedition, 2007, IB Oden, Cruise Report, 82 pp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, University of Texas, Swedish Polar Secretariat, Alfred Wegener Institute, Göteborg University, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, University of Tokyo
2. Sohn, R. A., Willis, C., Humphris, S., Shank, T., Singh, H., Edmonds, H. N., et al. (2008). Explosive volcanism on the ultraslow-spreading Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean. Nature, 453(26 June), 1236-1238. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature07075
3. Pontbriand, C. W., S. A. Soule, R. A. Sohn, S. E. Humphris, C. Kunz, H. Singh, K. I. Nakamura, M. Jakobsson, and T. Shank (2012), Effusive and explosive volcanism on the ultraslow-spreading Gakkel Ridge, 85°E, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 13(10), https://doi.org/10.1029/2012GC004187
4. Schlindwein, V., and C. Riedel (2010), Location and source mechanism of sound signals at Gakkel ridge, Arctic Ocean: Submarine Strombolian activity in the 1999–2001 volcanic episode, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 11(1), https://doi.org/10.1029/2009gc002706
5. Stranne, C., R. A. Sohn, B. Liljebladh, and K.-i. Nakamura (2010), Analysis and modeling of hydrothermal plume data acquired from the 85°E segment of the Gakkel Ridge, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 115(C6), https://doi.org/10.1029/2009jc005776
6. Jakuba, M. V., C. N. Roman, H. Singh, C. Murphy, C. Kunz, C. Willis, T. Sato, and R. A. Sohn (2008), Long-baseline acoustic navigation for under-ice autonomous underwater vehicle operations, Journal of Field Robotics, 25(11‐12), 861-879, https://doi.org/10.1002/rob.20250
7. Korger, E. I. M., and V. Schlindwein (2013), Seismicity and structure of the 85°E volcanic complex at the ultraslow spreading Gakkel Ridge from local earthquake tomography, Geophysical Journal International, 196(1), 539-551, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggt390
8. Shaw, A. M., M. D. Behn, S. E. Humphris, R. A. Sohn, and P. M. Gregg (2010), Deep pooling of low degree melts and volatile fluxes at the 85°E segment of the Gakkel Ridge: Evidence from olivine-hosted melt inclusions and glasses, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 289(3), 311-322, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.11.018
9. Kunz, C., Murphy, C., Singh, H., Pontbriand, C., Sohn, R. A., Singh, S., Sato, T., Roman, C., Nakamura, K.-i., Jakuba, M., Eustice, R., Camilli, R., and Bailey, J. (2009), Toward extraplanetary under-ice exploration: Robotic steps in the Arctic, Journal of Field Robotics, 26(4), 411-429, https://doi.org/10.1002/rob.20288
10. Jakobsson, M., Mayer, L. A., Coakley, B., Dowdeswell, J. A., Forbes, S., Fridman, B., Hodnesdal, H., Noormets, R., Pedersen, R., Rebesco, M., Schenke, H. W., Zarayskaya, Y., Accettella, D., Armstrong, A., Anderson, R. M., Bienhoff, P., Camerlenghi, A., Church, I., Edwards, M., Gardner, J. V., Hall, J. K., Hell, B., Hestvik, O., Kristoffersen, Y., Marcussen, C., Mohammad, R., Mosher, D., Nghiem, S. V., Pedrosa, M. T., Travaglini, P. G., and Weatherall, P. (2012), The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) Version 3.0, Geophysical Research Letters, 39(12), L12609, https://doi.org/10.1029/2012gl052219
11. Jakobsson, M., Mayer, L.A., Bringensparr, C., Castro, C.F., Mohammad, R., Johnson, P., Ketter, T., Accettella, D., Amblas, D., An, L., Arndt, J.E., Canals, M., Casamor, J.L., Chauché, N., Coakley, B., Danielson, S., Demarte, M., Dickson, M.-L., Dorschel, B., Dowdeswell, J.A., Dreutter, S., Fremand, A.C., Gallant, D., Hall, J.K., Hehemann, L., Hodnesdal, H., Hong, J., Ivaldi, R., Kane, E., Klaucke, I., Krawczyk, D.W., Kristoffersen, Y., Kuipers, B.R., Millan, R., Masetti, G., Morlighem, M., Noormets, R., Prescott, M.M., Rebesco, M., Rignot, E., Semiletov, I., Tate, A.J., Travaglini, P., Velicogna, I., Weatherall, P., Weinrebe, W., Willis, J.K., Wood, M., Zarayskaya, Y., Zhang, T., Zimmermann, M., Zinglersen, K.B. (2020). The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean Version 4.0. Scientific Data 7, 176. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0520-9

Comments

The expedition represented an international collaboration between scientists in the United States, Sweden, Japan, and Germany, and was part of an International Polar Year (IPY) project entitled Biogeography and Geological Diversity of Hydrothermal Venting on the Ultra-Slow Spreading Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge. The logistics of the expedition was supported by the Swedish Polar Secretariat, in collaboration with the Swedish Maritime Administration.

Major funding for the cruise came from the United States through the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).

Chief scientist

Robert Reves-Sohn, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts, USA.

Reports

• Cruise report

See more information at the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat.