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SS 08/2006
(alternative identifier: SS200608)
- is a Marine National Facility voyage
Period: 2006-08-19 01:00 to 2006-09-10 21:00 UTC
Duration: 22.83 days
From: Suva To: Noumea
Region: SW Pacific Fiji - Vanuatu
Ship: Southern Surveyor [details]
Description:
Southern Surveyor voyage SS08/2006.
Voyage Objectives:
We intend to conduct a multibeam survey, a magnetics survey and rock sampling in three areas along the Hunter Ridge. The questions which we are seeking to answer are as follows:
Kadavu and northern Hunter Ridge (area 1)
Questions:
1) What is the lateral extent of adakites on the seafloor around Kadavu Is?
2) What is the structural relationships between the northern Hunter Ridge and Kadavu Island?
To answer these questions we plan to do detailed swath mapping, sound-bottom profiling and dredge sampling in area 1. The use of the soundbottom profiler will be vital in determining whether the seafloor has a volcanic, sediment-poor, basement or alternatively the seafloor is formed by sediments. This information will significantly help the interpretation of the swath mapping.
Rift Zone at the southern end of the Hunter Ridge (area 2)
Question:
1) What is the distribution of different magma types withinthe rift?
To answer this question we wish to perform 10-15 dredges within the main rift zone between 1500-2500m water depth.
North Fiji Basin propagating spreading centre (area 3)
Question:
1) What is the age and rate of southward propagation of the spreading centre?
We plan to conduct a magnetic survey along 3 lines across the spreading ridge to obtain magnetic profiles. Due to the limited time during voyage SS10/2004 to conduct a detailed sampling of the spreading centre, we plan to do further sampling using a specially modified piston corer, designed for sampling glassy pillow rinds of young lavas.
Taken from unpublished voyage plan (CSIRO 2006).
Leader: Assoc. Prof. L. Danyushevsky (Tas Uni)
Project: National Facility External Users: L. Danyushevsky (University of Tasmania) [details]

Voyage extents: 22° 41.3' S to 18° 07.7' S 166° 25.3' E to 179° 00.8' E Get voyage track shapefile Get CSV
Marlin Metadata:-
Participants - on ship:- Click on column header to sort
Name | Role | Organisation |
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Andrew Stacey | Geophysicist; PhD student | University of Tasmania - Hobart |
Bob Beattie | Computing Support/ SST | CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere - Hobart |
Fijian rep., TBC | Geologist | MRD, Fiji |
Leonid Danyushevsky | Chief Investigator | University of Tasmania - Hobart |
Michael Roach | Geophysicist | University of Tasmania - Hobart |
Michele Spinoccia | Swath data processing | Geoscience Australia |
Michelle Farran | Geologist; PhD student | University of Tasmania - Hobart |
Patrick Quilty | Palaeontologist | University of Tasmania - Hobart |
Pavel Plechov | Geochemist | Moscow State Univ., Russia |
Roman Leslie | Geochemist | University of Tasmania - Hobart |
Steve Thomas | Electronics Support/Voyage Manager | CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere - Hobart |
Trevor Falloon | Geochemist | University of Tasmania - Hobart |
Vanuatu rep., TBC | Geologist | Vanuatu geological survey |
This list includes those that may have only been on part of the voyage. See voyage reports on 'Reports and Maps' tab for details.
MNF Reports
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SS200608 Voyage Plan
- includes objectives, investigator details, proposed data collection, voyage track and equipment to be used.
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SS200608 Underway Data Processing Report
- details of data processing steps, calibration information, instruments used and any issues with the data.
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SS200608 Scientific Highlight
- report of the key outputs
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SS200608 Voyage Summary
- includes preliminary results, voyage narrative, types of data collected with C77/ROSCOP codes.
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Underway |
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Deployment | Operation | Station | Cast | Gear | Project | Start and end times | Start Location | End Location | Depth | Description | |||
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ADCP Data [details] | RDI Ocean Surveyor Acoustic Doppler current profiler | 1935 | 2006-08-26 01:46 | 2006-09-10 01:26 | -19.2783 | 178.0570 | -22.6842 | 169.2487 | 814 | ||||
Multibeam echosounder [details] | EM300 Multibeam Echosounder | 2006-08-24 00:00 | 2006-09-10 19:58 | -18.7239 | 178.7297 | -22.2709 | 166.4346 | 5530 | |||||
Underway System [details] | Air Temperature Sensor-HMP233,Barometer,Fluorometer WS3S-443P,Gyro-Generic SS-NF,Humidity Sensor-HMP233,Licor-UWQ 3708,RM Young 05103 wind monitor,RM Young 05103 wind monitor,RM Young 05103 wind monitor,RM Young Rain Gauge,Seapath 200,Seapath 200,Simrad EA500 Echosounder,ThermoSalinoGraph (TSG)-SS-SN 1777,ThermoSalinoGraph (TSG)-SS-SN 1777 | 1935 | 2006-08-19 00:43 | 2006-09-10 20:47 | -18.1321 | 178.4244 | -22.2686 | 166.4338 |