RV Knorr KN207-02
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Knorr (316N) |
| Cruise identifier | KN207-02 |
| Cruise period | 2012-05-09 — 2012-06-11 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | St. George's, Bermuda |
| Port of return | Ponta Delgada, Portugal |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The primary objective of this cruise was to sample the mid-Atlantic Ridge in international waters between 23N and 30N. At the end of the expedition, a small number of samples were taken in Portuguese waters near the Azores Islands, to obtain gravity cores in segments with hydrothermal activity, and to obtain volcanic samples from the poorly known segment near 38N. The aim of the cruise was to determine whether segments exhibiting symmetric and asymmetric spreading had differing petrological signatures. |
| Chief scientist | Charles H Langmuir (Harvard University Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences) |
| Cruise report |  (0.53 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Atlantic Ocean |
| Specific | Mid-Atlantic Ridge |
