MD 122 / WEPAMA
Type | Oceanographic cruise |
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Ship | Marion Dufresne |
Ship owner | TAAF |
Dates | 01/05/2001 - 18/06/2001 |
Chief scientist(s) | BASSINOT Franck |
LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT - UMR 8212 Orme des Merisiers Bâtiment 714 Chemin de Saint Aubin - RD 128 91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex +33(0)1 69 08 77 11 |
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DOI | 10.17600/1200040 |
Objective | Better constraining variability of the Warm Pool reservoir in the West Pacific during the last climate cycles; studying the trends in heat transfers from the equator to middle and high latitudes via the main West Pacific currents (Kuroshio); constraining the trends in heat and salt exchange between the Pacific and Indian Oceans via the Indonesian archipelago during glacioeustatic changes; Analyzing the action of all the above-cited factors in the changes in the Asian Monsoon; studying the formation and the variation of intermediate deep waters in the West Pacific and its marginal seas (Sea of Japan, Sulu Sea, South China Sea, Sea of Okhotsk) in response to global changes in oceanic circulation and in the climate. The core sample sites complemented the sedimentary series collected during the IMAGES III (97) and IMAGES IV (98) cruises and during the recent leg of the ODP 184 cruise. The area covered by the cruise included the Indian Ocean, the Indonesian Archipelago, Halmahera Sea, South-West Pacific, Sea of Japan, Sulu Sea, South China Sea, East China Sea, North-West Pacific, and the Sea of Okhotsk. |