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In October 2010, a collaboration between the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER) and the Institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP - The Institute of Earth Physics of Paris) - the MoMARSAT expedition - installed an array of oceanographic instruments at the Lucky Strike hydrothermal field offshore the Azores. The newly established MoMAR observatory will enable continuous monitoring of active volcanic and seismic processes, helping the scientists to better understand the dynamics of mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal systems and study the peculiar local fauna.
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