Funded by the German Research Foundation DFG
Cluster of Excellence
The Ocean Floor – Earth’s Uncharted Interface
The ocean floor, which makes up 71 % of the Earth’s solid surface, lies an average of 3,700 meters beneath the ocean surface. The Cluster of Excellence „The Ocean Floor – Earth’s Uncharted Interface“ aims to initiate a new chapter in ocean-floor research by quantifying exchange processes at this significant boundary layer and their roles in the Earth system. These scientific tasks demand the use of novel technologies for ocean-floor observation and sampling, highly sensitive analytical methods, and an expanded application of numerical models.
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