RV Maria S. Merian MSM24
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Maria S. Merian (06M2) |
| Cruise identifier | MSM24 |
| Cruise period | 2012-12-27 — 2013-01-21 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Walvis Bay, Namibia |
| Port of return | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | On the cruise MSM 24 we acquired bathymetric data within the Tristan region and recovered 26 out of 26 ocean-bottom magnetotelluric stations (OBMT) and 22 out off 24 broadband ocean-bottom seismometers (BB-OBS) as well as two seismic and one MT land stations on the uninhabited Nightingale Island, which were deployed one year ago during cruise MSM 20-2. The cruise also offered the opportunity for a colleague from the University Heidelberg to conduct geological sampling on Tristan da Cunha. |
| Chief scientist | Wolfram Geissler (Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research) |
| Cruise report |  (7.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | South East Atlantic Ocean (limit 20W) |
| Specific | Tristan da Cunha |
| Track charts | (0.28 MB) |
