Scheduled Cruises in 2003

Summary of a recent cruise on margins research (Fr.0315)

Location :   Gulf of Lions Slope

Leg 1.
Research ship :   Le Suroît
Starts :   21 Jul 2003
Ends :   19 Aug 2003
PI :   Laurence Droz

Leg 2.
Research ship :   Tethys II
Starts :   1 Nov 2003
Ends :   9 Nov 2003
PI :   Xavier Durrieu

Scientific objectives :   EUROSTRATAFORM aims to understand sedimentary systems from source to sink, and to contribute to a better understanding and modelling of inorganic and organic particle transport along transects from rivers via the shallow shelf and canyons to the deep sea at contrasting sectors of the NE Atlantic and Mediterranean margins.