Research Projects
The following projects are associated with Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada.
Heat Flow survey offshore Guerrero, southern Mexico (8-G cruise in 2025)
During an oceanographic cruise of the R/V Marcus G. Langseth offshore southern Mexico 148 new marine heat flux data have been acquired in and near the trench of the offshore Guerrero subduction zone. The cruise was organized in the framwork of the project "Oceanic Crust Hydrothermal circulation Offshore Guererro (8-G)". The high-quality heat flux determinations were made on the Cocos plate across plate bending normal faults and adjacent to several seamounts. The heat flux ranged from exceptionally low <30 mW/m² to high heat flow of >300 mW/m², and appears to be indicative of lateral heat redistribution within the basaltic …
Community project of the Marine Heat Flow Working Group (IHFC 2023-2027)
The working group « Marine heat flow » of the International Heat Flow Commission (IHFC) has been launched in 2023. The community project of this working group aims to encourage discussion and strengthen communication in the marine heat flow community. This includes all actors of the marine heat flow community (scientists, engineers, companies) and all discussion related to marine data acquisition (cruise planning, instrumentation, data processing, etc.) and data review and interpretation.