Scheduled Cruises in 2002

Summary of a recent cruise on margins research (JP.026)

Location :   Java-Sunda Trench

Research ship and cruise identifier :   Shinkai 6500

Sails :   7 October 2002 from Jakarta, Indonesia

Docks :   31 October 2002 in Bali

PrincipalScientist/Investigator :   W. Azuma

Laboratory :   DSRD/JAMSTEC, Japan

Other investigators :   S. Saito, G. Kimura, Y. Ikeda, J. Ashi

E-mail contact for further information: soh@jamstec.go.jp

Scientific objectives :   To understand the tectonics of offshore Sunda Strait, we will conduct direct observations, sampling and heat flow/gamma-ray measurements using Shinkai 6500 together with a single-channel seismic survey. Main target for this cruise is focussed on the southeastern extension of Sumatran Fault to the fore arc, and to examine the mud volcano and the unnamed tectonic bank at the very point of junction between the Sunda and Java Arcs.