Institutional development · Research, innovation and assessment · Chile
NIMOx expedition ends with new Atacama Trench data on deep-sea life and seafloor faults
Universidad de Concepción reports that the NIMOx expedition has concluded, with early results pointing to intense organic-matter recycling in the deep ocean and new geophysical data from the seafloor off Taltal, Chile.
Why it matters: Researchers studying faults and seafloor landslides off Taltal will have new geophysical data from the NIMOx expedition to work with.
Universidad de Concepción's news service reported that the NIMOx expedition, which studied the Atacama Trench and the deep ocean, has concluded.
According to the university, preliminary results indicate strong activity among the organisms that recycle organic matter at great depths.
The university said the geophysical data gathered will allow faults and landslides on the seabed off Taltal to be examined in greater detail.
Editor’s view
Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor
Researchers working on the Atacama Trench now have preliminary biological findings and new geophysical data; if analysis proceeds as described, the faults and seabed landslides off Taltal can be studied in more detail.
