根据日法两国共同研究“南太平洋海洋板块形成区解释的STARMER计划”,在北斐济海盆进行潜航调查,1987年调查时,在扩张轴裂谷系的两个采水点发现了锰、甲烷浓度异常,确认了海盆存在海底热液矿;1988年继续调查时,采用深海拖曳电视、声纳搜索进行精细勘查,发现丁白色冒烟处,热水性生物群。参加这次航海的有14名研究者,利用深海潜水器 According to the STARMER Plan for Explaining the Formation of the South Pacific Ocean Plate Formation by Japan and France, a submarine survey was conducted in the Northern Fiji basin. In the 1987 survey, manganese and methane Concentration anomaly, confirmed the presence of seabed hydrothermal minerals; 1988 to continue the investigation, the use of deep-towed TV, sonar search for fine exploration and found Ding white smoke, hot water biota. There are 14 researchers participating in this sailing, using deep sea submersibles