Processed ROV Jason II Navigation Data from the Lau Back-arc Basin acquired during the Thomas G. Thompson expedition TN236 (2009)

This data set was acquired with a Navigation system on the ROV Jason II during Thomas G. Thompson expedition TN236 conducted in 2009 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Anna-Louise Reysenbach). These data files are of Text File (ASCII) format and include Navigation data that were processed after data collection. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): Diversity and distribution of thermoacidophiles at deep-sea hydrothermal vents and Collaborative Research: Using thermocouple arrays to investigate temporal and spatial microbial colonization in actively forming hydrothermal vent deposits, and funding was provided by NSF grant(s): OCE07-28391, OCE07-51839, and OCE07-52469.