Processed Sidescan images derived from ship-based Multibeam sonar data from the Lau Back-arc Basin acquired during Kilo Moana cruise KM0417 (2004, investigator Charles Langmuir)

This data set was derived from ship-based Kongsberg EM120 multibeam sonar data. These files are in JPEG format and were generated as part of the projects called LAUB-FLEX: Deep Circulation and Dispersal in the Lau Basin using Floats; Integrated Hydrothermal and Petrological Studies of the Eastern Lau Spreading Center; and, Venture Deep Ocean, Lau Basin Expedition 2 of 5. Funding was provided by NSF grants OCE02-41716, OCE02-41785, OCE02-41909, OCE02-41913, OCE02-42114, OCE02-42618, OCE02-42675, and OCE02-42902.