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FS Heincke HE242

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Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)FS Heincke (06HK)
Cruise identifierHE242
Cruise period2005-10-19 — 2005-11-14
StatusCompleted
Port of departureHamburg, Germany
Port of returnBremerhaven, Germany
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesHigh-resolution multi-channel seismic survey in the Southern North Sea with focus on the shallow subsurface (Tertiary delta deposits and Pleistocene valleys). Geological seabed sampling at selected sites by vibration corer, multicorer, piston corer, and box corer to collecf material for age dating, sediment properties, gas content, and microbial communities at gas seeps.
Chief scientistLutz Reinhardt (Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources), Sönke Neben (Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources)
NPRCFS Heincke HE242 NPRC heincke_he242.pdf (0.06 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea