Tanya Atwater
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Tanya Atwater is an American geophysicist and marine geologist who specializes in plate tectonics. She is particularly renowned for her early research on the plate tectonic history of western North Am
Tanya Atwater on the Galapagos Propagating Rift expedition, 1982.
RISE project
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The RISE Project was a 1979 international marine research project which mapped and investigated seafloor spreading in the Pacific Ocean, at the crest of the East Pacific Rise at 21° north latitude. Us
Tanya Atwater
…Macdonald, she played key roles in expeditions that uncovered the distinct biology of ocean floor warm springs, which led to the discovery during the RISE project of the high temperature black smokers, undersea hydrothermal vents. In Atwater's research on propagating rifts near the Galapagos Islands, she discovered…
Black smokers were first discovered on the East Pacific Rise at 21° north latitude.
Riftia tube worm colony at warm vent at Galapagos Rift