Scheduled Cruises in 2004

Summary of a cruise on margins research (US.0411)

Location and cruise identifier :   Southeast Alaska, the Gulf of Alaska, and Prince William Sound, NE. Pacific - EW0408 (NSF OCE02/42084)

Research ship :   Maurice Ewing

Sails :   21st August 2004 from : Newport USA

Docks :   23rd September 2004 in : Kodiak USA

Duration :

Principal Scientist/Investigator :    Alan Mix

Laboratory :   Oregon State University -  here

Other investigators :   Jaeger

E-mail contact for further information :   

Website :   here

Scientific objectives :    Researchers from universities in Alaska, Oregon and Florida plan to conduct seafloor profiling and sediment coring this summer in Southeast Alaska, the Gulf of Alaska, and Prince William Sound. This project is one part of a worldwide survey funded by the United States National Science Foundation (NSF) to locate sedimentary records of environmental change to better understand the potential impacts of future global warming. Specifically, the Alaska surveys are designed to study the regional effects of glacier melting on the global climate as well as biological productivity, including fish, of the North Pacific Ocean.