Expedition NA011 returned to Kolumbo submarine volcano to experiment with high-resolution mapping techniques, including stereo imaging, structured light, and multibeam mapping. The areas identified for mapping were the inner walls of the Kolumbo crater, which is a technical challenge and required reconfiguration of the mapping sensor suite, and a hydrothermal vent field in the northern quadrant of the crater. The bubbles and high turbidity in this region presented operational challenges during data collection and data processing.
Recent multibeam mapping and seismic profiling in the area revealed evidence of a giant volcanic debris avalanche field and several additional submarine volcanoes. This expedition returned to the area to investigate the surface morphology with high-definition video imaging. Nine Hercules / Argus dives were conducted during this expedition totalling approximately 179 hours on the seafloor.
Kolumbo & Nisyros Volcanoes
October 3 – 16, 2010
NA011
Meet the Team
Selected Publications
2023
(2023). Boiling-induced extreme Cu isotope fractionation in sulfide minerals forming by active hydrothermal diffusers at the Aegean Kolumbo volcano: evidence from in situ isotope analysis. Geology 511 (11): 1072-1076.
2015
(2015). Distribution of tephra from the 1650 AD submarine eruption of Kolumbo volcano, Greece. MS Thesis: University of Rhode Island
2014
(2014). Integrated volcanologic and petrologic analysis of the 1650 AD eruption of Kolumbo submarine volcano. Journal of Volcanological and Geothermal Research 269: 28-43.
(2014). Tsunami Hazard Risk of a future volcanic eruption of Kolumbo submarine volcano, NE of Santorini Caldera, Greece. Natural Hazards 72(3): 1375–1390.
2013
(2013). CO2 Degassing from Hydrothermal Vents at Kolumbo Submarine Volcano, Greece and the Accumulation of Acidic Crater Water. Geology 41(9): 1035-1038.
(2013). New insights into hydrothermal vent processes in the unique shallow-submarine arc-volcano, Kolumbo (Santorini), Greece. Nature Scientific Reports 3(1): 2421.
(2013). Morphological analysis and related volcanic features of the Kolumbo submarine volcanic chain (NE of Santorini Island, Aegean Volcanic Arc). Zeitschrift fόr Geomorphologie 57: 29 - 47.
2012
(2012). Submarine volcanoes of the Kolumbo volcanic zone NE of Santorini Caldera, Greece. Global and Planetary Change 90-91: 135-151.
2011
(2011). Volcanologic and petrologic analysis of the 1650 AD submarine eruption of Kolumbo volcano, Greece. MS Thesis: University of Rhode Island
