Expedition Report: iMAGE-CREATE Trainee Jade Umbsaar reports from the RV Tangeroa
Expedition Report: Exploring recent volcanic activity in the Lau Basin for iMAGE-CREATE The Hunga Tonga volcano is located along the Tonga-Kermadec arc of the SW Pacific, where the Pacific plate subducts beneath the Indo-Australian plate at rapid rates nearing 24cm/year. This volcano erupted in January 2022 in spectacular fashion, with an eruptive force that appears…