Exp 375 – Hikurangi Subduction Zone, Science Objectives
Expedition 375 Co-chief Scientists Laura Wallace and Demian Saffer and Core-log-seismic Integration Specialist Phil Barnes discuss slow slip events at the Hikurangi Subduction Margin and the goals of this expedition, which are to core at four sites beneath the seafloor and install the first two long-term monitoring observatories off the coast of New Zealand. For more information, see http://iodp.tamu.edu/scienceops/expeditions/hikurangi_subduction_margin.html.
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