Professor Mitch Schulte's Research
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Professor Schulte boarding DSV Alvin during a research cruise
to the East Pacific Rise for a dive to a hydrothermal vent field
2500 meters below sea level
(Photo courtesty of Dr. Marvin Lilley, University of Washington)
A hydrothermal vent (called a 'black smoker') on the mid-ocean
ridge at 9°N on the East Pacific Rise.
Octopus Spring, a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park.
The Coast Range Mountains in the Mendocino National Forest
in northern California. Peridotites in these mountains host springs
that have a pH of 11 and unique populations of microbes.
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