| LEG |
REGION |
CO-CHIEFS |
DEP. PORT |
DATE |
OBJECTIVES |
| 179 |
90 East Ridge Indian Ocean |
Casey |
Cape Town, South Africa |
April 16 |
Test new hammer drill tool on the Ninety East
Ridge (NERO project) to measure dynamics of the Indian Plate by placing
a seismometer downhole. |
| 180 |
Woodlark Basin |
Taylor, Huchon |
Darwin, Papua New Guinea |
June 11 |
characterize the properties of an active low-angle
normal fault zone and determine the timing of fault movement in an
extending lithosphere |
| 181 |
SW Pacific |
Carter, McCave |
Sydney, Australia |
August 14 |
drill sediment drifts east of New Zealand
to understand Neogene evolution of bottom water circulation in the SW Pacific
Ocean
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| 182 |
Australian Bight |
Feary, Hine |
Wellington, New Zealand |
October 11 |
transect of cores along a cool-water Cenozoic
carbonate platform to better understand platform evolution, global climate
change, sealevel
|
| 183 |
Woodlark Basin, Papua New Guinea |
Frey, Coffin |
Fremantle, Australia |
December 11 |
formation of a major Large Igneous Australia
Province in the SW Indian Ocean to better understand eruption rates and
plateau development |
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