FS Sonne SO225 (GPc04)
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FS Sonne (06BE) |
| Cruise identifier | SO225 (GPc04) |
| Cruise period | 2012-11-19 — 2013-01-06 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Suva, Fiji |
| Port of return | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | SO225 was a joint cruise by the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. The volcanological objectives were a geochronological geochemical and geomorphological investigation of the Manihiki Plateau and the paleo-environmental impact of this large igneous province. The paleoceanographic objectives were to study the Pleistocene/Pliocene dynamics of the West Pacific Warm Pool. |
| Chief scientist | Reinhard Werner (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel (East Shore Campus)) |
| Cruise report |  (14.25 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | South East Pacific Ocean (limit 140W) |
| Specific | Manihiki Plateau |
