Scheduled Cruises in 2004

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

Location and cruise identifier :    Ashmore and Pandora Troughs, Gulf of PNG, West Pacific - OCE0305688

Research ship :   Melville

Sails :   12th March 2004 from: Cairns, Australia

Docks :   11th April 2004 in: Cairns, Australia

Duration :   33 days

Principal Scientist/Investigator :   Droxler, A

Laboratory :   NSF

Other investigators :   Rice

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Scientific objectives :   Collaborative Research: Late quaternary siliciclastic and carbonate sediments and sediment fluxes on the slopes and basin floors of the Ashmore and Pandora Troughs, Gulf of PNG.