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Voyage - Leg:           OC 283
Voyage Dates:           20 - 25 Jul 1996
Chief Sci(s):           Bruce Corliss
Address:                Duke University
                        Dept. of Geology, Box 90227
                        Durham, NC 27708-0227
Phone:                  (919) 684-2951, FAX (919) 684-5833
Email:                  bcorliss@rogue.geo.duke.edu
Cruise Objective:       The seasonality of deep-sea benthic forminifera
Science Activities:     Box coring and sediment trap recovery
                        Ten or fewer CTD stations to 3100m
Operations Area:        Continental Shelf southwest of Georges Bank

SSSG Tech:
Departure Port:        Woods Hole
Agent:                 NA
Arrival Port:          Woods Hole
Agent:                 NA
Installed Scientific   12kHz xducers + depth recorders
Equipment:             12kHz pingers for wire use (2 !!)
                       Underway data logging (Nav,SST)
                       XBT system
                       De-ionized H2O
                       Fume hood
WHOI-Provided Science  Box corer
Tools:                 Soutar corer
                       CTD Level 1 (no oxygen), CTD 9
                       Twelve 5-liter Niskins on pylon
                       (bottles require coated springs, no special
                       frame coating or cleaning required)
                       12 KHz bottom-approach pinger
                       Reefer van (see note)
                       Freezers
                       Refrigerators
                       Lab incubator (40degr) (see note)
Program-Provided       Soutar corer (see note)
Science Tools:         Reefer van (see note)
Shipboard              Berthing van (17 scientists)
Equipment/Nav:         Standard navigation equip.
                       Ship's crane
                       Deck capstan
                       Trawl winch, 9/16" wire
                       .322" EM cable (NLT 3000m)
Other Requirements:
Notes:                   1) Can WHOI provide the lab incubator
                         2) Reefer van-use WHOI? DUKE?
                         3) Soutar corer-use WHOI's?
                         4) Sediment trap has Navtech VHF radiobeacon Ch68.
                         Need RDF???
Navy Clearance Status:

Last Modified: 07/17/1996

Check List:          Required?          Comments
US Customs Form      No
Explosives Clearance No
Isotope Use Approval No
Diplomatic Clearance No
SCUBA Diving         No