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Student prepares samples for processing. Many GES students take jobs working in labs in the departments of Chemistry, Oceanography, Biology, and Geology and Geophysics. Photo courtesy of Soest Pubs |
Preparing solar panel to run instrument panel. Students have opportunities for field work as well as lab work. Photo courtesy of Soest Pubs |
Setting up instrumentation for sampling lava fumes. The active lava flows on the big island of Hawaii are an area of intensive research. Photo courtesy of Soest Pubs |
Taking sample of flowing lava. Photo courtesy of Soest Pubs |
Mike Tomlinson explains to students how to take streamflow measurements. Mike and students are studying trace metal fluxes in the Ala Wai watershed under the direction of Eric DeCarlo. Photo by B. Tomlinson |
Students take streamflow measurements. Photo by B. Tomlinson |
Professor George Walker explaining geology in the field. Photo courtesy of SOEST Pubs |
Zodiac deployed for field sampling with the island of Niihau in the background. Photo by J. Liebeler |
Amanda Jones takes sediment samples from a mangrove community in Kaneohe Bay as part of a study on introduced species in the Hawaiian Islands. Photo by J. Liebeler |
R. V. Kaimikai-O-Kanaloa. This 230' research vessel has a range of 15,000 nm, carries a crew of 19 scientists, and carries a SeaBeam 210 multibeam sonar bathymetric mapping system. The K-O-K is the support ship for the Pieces V. Photo courtesy of HURL. |
Launching the Pieces V from the K-O-K. The Hawaii Undersea Research Lab operates the Pieces V, which can descend to 2000 m. Photo by J. Liebeler |
Securing the Pieces V after a dive to 400 meters. Researchers use the Pieces V for studying deep water precious coral beds, Monk Seal feeding behavior, and ocean floor mapping. Photo by J. Liebeler |
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Global Environmental Science Program
Department of Oceanography
Last modified: January 2003
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