RV Falkor FK008 (OASES 2013)
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Falkor (CIFR) |
| Cruise identifier | FK008 (OASES 2013) |
| Cruise period | 2014-05-30 — 2014-07-01 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | St Petersburg, United States |
| Port of return | Montego Bay, Jamaica |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Cruise FK008 sailed to the Mid-Cayman Rise to study novel hydrothermal systems and explore for additional sources of hydrothermal venting, using the RV Falkor's swath bathymetry and CTD-rosette systems coupled with the WHOI Deep Submergence Laboratory's HROV vehicle Nereus. |
| Chief scientist | Christopher R German (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - Geology and Geophysics Department) |
| Cruise report |  (40 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Caribbean Sea |
| Specific | Mid Cayman Rise |
