Gofar TF Earthquakes
Completed
Operating area: Gofar Transform Fault, East Pacific Rise
›2 legs· San Diego (California) - United States → San Diego (California) - United States
- 1San Diego (California) - United States→Manzanillo (Colima) - MexicoJan 14 – Jan 20, 2022 · 6 d
- 2Manzanillo (Colima) - Mexico→San Diego (California) - United StatesJan 20 – Mar 2, 2022 · 41 d
University of Washington
Projects aboard (3)
GOFAR Vents
Combined Sentry AUV dives and deep-tow electromagnetic surveys at a newly discovered off-axis submarine vent-site within the GOFAR Transform Fault Ideally, this work could be appended to the Boettcher cruise already funded to GOFAR in 2022 since the location is remote and both Sentry and the electromagnetic instruments will already be mobilized aboard ship for other work
People aboard
GOFAR Vents
- Chris German · Principal investigator
CSEM at the GOFAR
- Rob Evans · Principal investigator
Gofar TF Earthquakes
- Margaret Boettcher · Principal investigator
- Rob Evans · Chief scientist
Party size: 20
Estimated vacant berths: 15
Equipment
Aboard the vessel
- Dynamic Positioning (DP)
- Dynamic Positioning (DP)
- ADCP/UHDAS – range 500-750m (e.g. 75kHz)
- Multibeam - Mid-Water (EM302/304)
Pooled / portable
- CTD
- Winch Pool Portable Winch
Science party brings
- Science-provided vans ×3
Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code TN-399: GOFAR 2022 · MFP references 21/271, 21/237, 21/098 · synced Sep 30, 2026