METEOR M198

The work planned for cruise M198 on RV METEOR is part of the Helmholtz Young Investigator Group 'Do volcanoes collapse retrogressively?' led by Morelia Urlaub at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. A key objective of this group is to implement a shoreline-crossing observatory dedicated to monitoring fault systems linked to flank instability of Mount Etna’s partly submerged Eastern flank. During M198 we aim to
(1) extend and expand the current seafloor monitoring systems on the southern fault system,
(2) improve the structural understanding of the offshore flank in order to create a shoreline-crossing volcano-tectonic map, and
(3) test a new generation of low-cost and easy-to-handle smart instruments for seafloor volcano monitoring.