PALEOPENTE

Type Oceanographic cruise
Ship Alis
Ship owner IRD
Dates 06/02/2002 - 18/02/2002
Chief scientist(s) CABIOCH Guy

IRD CENTRE DE NOUMEA

101 promenade Roger Laroque

BP A5

98848 NOUMEA CEDEX

(+687) 26 10 00

nouvelle-caledonie@ird.fr

https://nouvelle-caledonie.ird.fr/

DOI 10.17600/2100030
Objective Multibeam echosounder mapping of outside slopes of the barrier reef along the western coast of New Caledonia, between Noumea and Grand Passage. Multibeam echosounder mapping of the barrier reef near the pases of western coast of Boulari, Saint-Vincent, Bourail and Koumac and south of Grand Passage; Sampling of identified submarine platforms by dredging. This falls under the UR IRD 055 Paleotropics and UMR Azur geosciences programmes.