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Seafloor Explorer - Online Seminar Series

Dedicated to bring together UK/EU-based scientists working on ocean tectonic settings, across disciplines including but not limited to geology, geophysics, geochemistry, marine geosciences. Seminars are hosted virtually at 3pm UK time on Tuesdays mid-month (once a month).

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Ocean floor at the Paramount seamount. Credit: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program

Upcoming meetings

2. Melt pathways at mid-ocean ridges | July 15, 2025 at 15:00 BST

  • Jean-Arthur Olive (CNRS, FR): Should I Dike or Should I Fault: a Mid-Ocean Ridge Dilemma
  • Milena Marjanovic (IPGP, FR): Up-close with the Magma Bodies and Eruption Dynamics at the East Pacific Rise 9N
  • Zhikai Wang (U. Southampton, UK / IPGP, FR): Seismic evidence for upper crustal accretion by long-distance lateral dyke injection at the Lucky Strike segment of Mid-Atlantic Ridge

3. Submarine hazards: earthquakes, eruptions, landslides | August 19, 2025 at 15:00 BST

4. Submarine fibre cable sensing | September 16, 2025 at 15:00 BST

Past meetings

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1. Recent expedition reports - Santorini | June 17, 2025 at 15:00 BST

  • Jonas Preine (WHOI, US): Discovery of a major submarine eruption of Santorini in historic times
  • Michele Paulatto (Imperial College London, UK): Seismic imaging of the Santorini volcanic system
  • Jens Karstens (GEOMAR, DE): Marine geophysical insights into the 2025 Santorini volcano-tectonic crisis