SOEST Expeditions

\n\n';} if (wd == 'forearc') { text = '\n\nGlossary\n\n'; text += 'region '; text += 'of a convergent plate boundary that lies between the trench axis and the '; text += 'active volcanic island chain. \n\n';} if (wd == 'mantle') { text = '\n\nGlossary\n\n'; text += 'an '; text += 'intermediate zone of the earth below the crust and above the core (to a '; text += 'depth of 2160 miles) \n\n';} if (wd == 'plate') { text = '\n\nGlossary\n\n'; text += ''; text += 'a large rigid, but mobile, block involved in plate techtonics; thickness ranges from 30 to 150 miles and includes both crust '; text += 'and a portion of the upper mantle \n\n';} if (wd == 'serpentine') { text = '\n\nGlossary\n\n'; text += ' '; text += '(Mg, Fe)3Si2O5(OH)4 A group of green, greenish-yellow or greenish-gray ferromagnesian hydrous silicate rock '; text += 'forming minerals having greasy or silky luster and a slightly soapy feel \n\n';} if (wd == 'sonar') { text = '\n\nGlossary\n\n'; text += 'a '; text += 'system for the underwater detection of objects by reflected '; text += 'sound \n\n';} if (wd == 'subduction zone') { text = '\n\nGlossary\n\n'; text += 'a '; text += 'region where one crustal block descends beneath '; text += 'another \n\n';} if (wd == 'trench') { text = '\n\nGlossary\n\n'; text += 'a '; text += 'long depression in the seafloor that traces the contact between a subducting lithospheric plate and '; text += 'an over-riding plate \n\n';} windowProp2 (text); // display text //text += 'plate'; //text += 'a '; //text += 'large rigid, but mobile, block involved in plate techtonics; thickness ranges '; //text += 'from 30 to 150 miles and includes both crust and a portion of the upper '; //text += 'mantle.'; //text += ''; //text += ' '; //text += 'serpentine'; //text += '(Mg, '; //text += 'Fe)3Si2O5(OH)4 '; //text += 'A group of green, greenish-yellow or greenish-gray ferromagnesian hydrous '; //text += 'silicate rock forming minerals having greasy or silky luster and a slightly '; //text += 'soapy feel '; //text += ''; //text += ' '; //text += 'sonar'; //text += 'system '; //text += 'for the underwater detection of objects by reflected sound '; //text += ''; //text += ' '; //text += 'subduction '; //text += 'zone'; //text += 'region '; //text += 'where one crustal block descends beneath another. '; //text += ''; //text += ' '; //text += 'trench'; //text += 'long '; //text += 'depression in the seafloor that traces the contact between a subducting '; //text += 'lithospheric plate and an over-riding plate. '; //text += ''; //text += '\n\n\n';} } function windowProp2 (text) { newWindow = window.open('','newWin','width=300,height=100,left=400,top=300'); newWindow.document.write(text); } //-->

Educational Institutions	School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
	University of Hawaii
	University of Alaska, Fairbanks
	Oceanography Department, University of Washington
	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Educational Resources	NOAA Marine Education Resources
	Careers in Marine Sciences by Sea Grant
	NOAA Ocean Explorer Educational Resources
	BRIDGE - Ocean Science Education Resource Directory
	Office of Naval Research Science and Technology Focus: Oceanography
	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Sea Grant
	WHOI Dive and Discover
	Sea Grant News and Information
	Volcano World

Marine Technology	R/V Thomas Thompson
	DSL-120 side scan sonar
	Jason II/ Medea

Funding Agencies	National Science Foundation
	Ocean Drilling Program

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