Raw ship-based Navigation Data from the Lau Back-arc Basin acquired during the Thomas G. Thompson expedition TN236 (2009)

This data set was acquired with a ship-based Navigation system during Thomas G. Thompson expedition TN236 conducted in 2009 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Anna-Louise Reysenbach; Investigator(s): Dr. Anna-Louise Reysenbach and Dr. Margaret Tivey). These data files are of Text File (ASCII) format and include Navigation data that have not been processed. 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.