Indian Ocean

Section map

The GEOTRACES Scientific Steering Committee discussed and proposed these cruise tracks in October 2007 at the Indian Ocean Planning Workshop held in Goa, India. More information about each cruise is available — please click on the map labels below

Indian Ocean GEOTRACES sections GI03 GI05 GI01 GI02 GI04 Port Blair Time-Series KERFIX Time-Series Ganga Sagar Time-Series Ongole Time-Series
Indian Ocean GEOTRACES cruises ©

Cruise details

Section Country Funding Information Data
GI01 India  

India have had a proposal for ship time on board the Sagar Kanya accepted for 2013 to cover GEOTRACES sections GI01 and GI03 contact Sunil Kumar Singh for more details.

  
GI02 India Funded

Cruise SK279 will sail in November 2011 on the India Research Vessel Sagar Kanya. The full range of GEOTRACES parameters will be measured see metadata form for more information.

  
GI03 India  

 

  
GI04 Japan Funded

Cruise KH-09-5 leg-1, -2, and -3 sailed in November 2009 on the Japanese ship R/V Hakuho Maru. The cruise aims at precise and detailed measurements of trace elements and isotopes in the Indian Ocean. Atmosphere and bottom sediment samples were collected to help identify processes and fluxes that control the distribution of trace elements in water columns, and to elucidate their important linkage with the global climatic change.

 
GI05    

Possible collaboration with France and Australia for the 2014/15 season, contact Andy Bowie for more information.

  

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