Twelve-week deployment at 3,207 m elevation. Ice-penetrating radar transects across 840 km of the central divide. Basal temperature anomaly confirmed at 2 sites, consistent with recent gravimetric signals.
Team: 4 field researchers · Duration: 84 days
Autumn 2025
Mid-Atlantic Ridge — Deep Mooring Recovery
Recovery and redeployment of 8 bottom-pressure recorders along the northern MAR. All instruments recovered intact. Record spans 3 years of continuous pressure, temperature, and current data.
Team: 6 researchers · R/V Polaris · Duration: 22 days
Summer 2025
Zagros Fold Belt — Seismic Array Expansion
Installation of 9 new broadband seismometers across the northern Zagros. Network now covers all major active fault segments. First detections down to M0.4 already in the catalog.