RV Franklin FR01/97
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Franklin (09FA) |
| Cruise identifier | FR01/97 |
| Cruise period | 1997-01-09 — 1997-01-23 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Cairns, Australia |
| Port of return | Sydney, Australia |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Water chemistry and sediment mineralogy off the Great Barrier Reef.
Objectives: 1. Search for geochemical signals for shallow water sediment dissolution off the Great Barrier Reef. 2. Gravity Core for Paleoceanographic Research and sediment response to changing saturation state of the sea water. |
| Chief scientist | Bradley Opdyke (Australian National University Department of Geological Sciences) |
| Cruise report |  (0.08 MB) |
