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Cruise Information «Alkor» (080325a)

Brief description of purpose of cruise
Mapping and sampling of gas/fluid and sediment at pochmarks and seeping sites in the North Sea to investigate origin of gases, degradation processes of gases/fluids during migration, near sediment surfaces diagenesis, and gas flux into water column.

Name: Alkor
Nationality: German
Call. sign: DBND
Registration port and number: Kiel, Germany
Dates of cruise: From 7 October to 30 October 2008
Operating authority: Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenshaften, IFM GEOMAR, Kiel
Owner: Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenshaften, IFM GEOMAR, Kiel
Name of master: Norbert Hechler
Scientist in charge: PD Dr. Mark Schmidt
Geographical area: 53º30’N to 59ºN, 0ºW to 8ºE
Map over area:
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Date of application: 25 Mars 2008
Date granted: 22.09.2008

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The results and conclusions of the cruise:

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