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Asked by darkmatterkid to Christian on 21 Jun 2013.
Question: Do you get the chance to go to Sea trenches such as the Mariana Trench?
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Christian Maerz answered on 21 Jun 2013:
Well, I have never been to the Mariana Trench (although some colleagues of mine recently have been there). The areas of the ocean I have been studying so far are mostly along the so-called continental margins, so the area of sea floor adjacent to the land masses, in about 1000 to 4000 m water depth. Right now, we are drilling a hole in 4200 m water depth, which is the deepest I have done so far. And, in 2008 I joined a cruise to the Arctic Ocean, and we took rock samples from Gakkel Ridge, which is a so-called mid-oceanic ridge where new sea floor is produced by magmatic activity. That was pretty cool, volcanoes under the sea!
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lugia commented on :
i’m at the Mariana Trench all the time cause im a octopus
Laura commented on :
The rocks I work with are land rocks, if you like, not rocks that come from the ocean, so sadly, no I’ve not had the chance.
However, I’ve seen cool footage from the Mariana Trench that James Cameron (the director of the Titanic film) shot last year from a submarine.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthvideo/9168817/James-Camerons-first-footage-from-the-deep.html