Scheduled Cruises in 2004

Summary of a cruise on margins research (D.042)

Location and cruise identifier :    Porcupine Seabight, Rockall Bank, & Northeast Atlantic - M61/1

Research ship :   Meteor

Sails :    19th April 2004 from ; Lisbon, PORTUGAL

Docks :    5th May 2004 to ; Cork, IRELAND

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Principal Scientist/Investigator :   O. Pfannkuche

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    Fig - The Route of the Meteor M61/1.

Scientific objectives :    METEOR cruise 61/1 started on Monday 19.4. in Lisbon. The expedition is dedicated to carbonate mound and coral research in the areas of the Porcupine Seabight and the Rockall bank west of Ireland. The scientific party comprises of 28 scientists from 7 nations. The passage to the first working area along the west coast of the Iberian Peninsula and across the Bay of Biscay took three and a half days. On Thursday afternoon (22.4.) we arrived at our first station at 51° 10´N, 11° 40´W in the Belgica Mound province where we deployed the ROBIO Lander of the OceanLab Group (University of Aberdeen) ... more