ORGON IV

Name: ORGON IV
Start: 1978-11-03
End: 1978-11-27
Location: Arabian Sea

Type	Oceanographic cruise
Ship	Jean Charcot
Ship owner	Ifremer
Dates	03/11/1978 - 27/11/1978
Chief scientist(s)	CARATINI Claude
	CENTRE D'ÉTUDE DE GÉOGRAPHIE TROPICALE Domaine Universitaire de Bordeaux C.E.G.E.T. 33405 BORDEAUX +33(0)5 56.84.68.30
DOI	10.17600/78006711
Objective	Geochemical study of organic matter in recent marine sediments: sedimentation, early diagenesis. Mission located in the Gulf of Aden and the North-Western Arabian Sea.

Sea/Ocean

Arabian Sea

(Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman)

Ports

Port of departure : Djibouti (Djibouti)

Port of return : Djibouti (Djibouti)

Scientific Authority

CENTRE D'ÉTUDE DE GÉOGRAPHIE TROPICALE

Domaine Universitaire de Bordeaux

C.E.G.E.T.

33405 BORDEAUX

+33(0)5 56.84.68.30

Participating bodie(s)

CENTRE D'ETUDE DE GEOGRAPHIE TROPICALE TALENCE

Discipline(s)

PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
MARINE GEOSCIENCES

Code	Label	Quantity	PI
B06	Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC)	9	CARATINI Claude
B07	Pelagic bacteria/micro-organisms	9	CARATINI Claude
B08	Phytoplankton	9	CARATINI Claude
B09	Zooplankton	9	CARATINI Claude
B71	Particulate organic matter (inc POC Carbon and nitrogen	5	CARATINI Claude
D90	Other physical oceanographic meas. Isolated bottom temperature measurements	9 measurements	CARATINI Claude
G04	Core soft bottom	10 cores	CARATINI Claude
G74	Multi-beam echosounding Seabeam - About 1000 miles	-	CARATINI Claude
G90	Other geosciences meas. Chemical analysis of sediments + palaeontology	7 measurements	CARATINI Claude
H21	Oxygen	9 stations	CARATINI Claude
H22	Phosphate	9 stations	CARATINI Claude
H24	Nitrate	9 stations	CARATINI Claude
H25	Nitrite	9 stations	CARATINI Claude
H26	Silicate	9 stations	CARATINI Claude
H27	Alkalinity	9 stations	CARATINI Claude
H28	pH	9 stations	CARATINI Claude
H90	Other chemical oceanographic meas. Chlorinite	9 stations	CARATINI Claude

Summary of measurements

-Samples: 16 bottles of 130 liters.
-Küllenberg and Reineck corers.
-13 plankton net tows, including 5 deep tows.
-Measurement of the organic carbon content.
-Seabeam.

Location map

Positionning system

Geodetic system : VALEUR INDEFINIE

Positioning system : SATELLITE (Rec ITT: WGS 66 pblt)

Sampling operations

Name	Dive	Equipement	Date	Location	Depth(m)
KL1	-	Carottier boite REYNECK	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	11° 49.000' N 43° 14.000' E	-
KL10	-	Carottier boite REYNECK	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	17° 26.600' N 57° 30.500' E	-
KL2	-	Carottier boite REYNECK	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	11° 30.600' N 42° 39.000' E	-
KL3	-	Carottier boite REYNECK	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	11° 32.000' N 42° 35.800' E	-
KL4	-	Carottier boite REYNECK	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	13° 47.750' N 51° 36.900' E	-
KL5	-	Carottier boite REYNECK	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	16° 45.900' N 57° 30.700' E	-
KL6	-	Carottier boite REYNECK	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	18° 20.000' N 57° 30.700' E	-
KL7	-	Carottier boite REYNECK	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	23° 27.000' N 58° 59.000' E	-
KL8	-	Carottier boite REYNECK	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	23° 28.000' N 59° 11.500' E	-
KL9	-	Carottier boite REYNECK	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	17° 52.700' N 57° 31.600' E	-
KR1	-	Carottier boite REYNECK	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	11° 49.000' N 43° 14.000' E	-
KR10	-	Carottier boite REYNECK	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	17° 26.600' N 57° 30.500' E	-
KR2	-	Carottier boite REYNECK	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	11° 30.600' N 42° 39.000' E	-
KR3	-	Carottier boite REYNECK	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	11° 32.000' N 42° 35.800' E	-
KR4	-	Carottier boite REYNECK	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	13° 47.750' N 51° 36.900' E	-
KR5	-	Carottier boite REYNECK	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	16° 45.900' N 57° 30.700' E	-
KR6	-	Carottier boite REYNECK	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	18° 20.000' N 57° 30.700' E	-
KR7	-	Carottier boite REYNECK	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	23° 27.000' N 58° 59.000' E	-
KR8	-	Carottier boite REYNECK	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	23° 28.000' N 59° 11.500' E	-
KR9	-	Carottier boite REYNECK	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	17° 52.700' N 57° 31.600' E	-
KS1	-	Carottier KULLENBERG	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	11° 49.000' N 43° 14.000' E	-
KS10	-	Carottier KULLENBERG	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	17° 26.600' N 57° 30.500' E	-
KS2	-	Carottier KULLENBERG	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	11° 30.600' N 42° 39.000' E	-
KS3	-	Carottier KULLENBERG	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	11° 32.000' N 42° 35.800' E	-
KS4	-	Carottier KULLENBERG	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	13° 47.750' N 51° 36.900' E	-
KS5	-	Carottier KULLENBERG	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	16° 45.900' N 57° 30.700' E	-
KS6	-	Carottier KULLENBERG	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	18° 20.000' N 57° 30.700' E	-
KS7	-	Carottier KULLENBERG	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	23° 27.000' N 58° 59.000' E	-
KS8	-	Carottier KULLENBERG	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	23° 28.000' N 59° 11.500' E	-
KS9	-	Carottier KULLENBERG	19780101 00:00:0001/01/1978 00:00:00	17° 52.700' N 57° 31.600' E	-

Bibliography

References of Articles published in other Periodicals or Scientific Works acclaimed in the Field

Faugeres Jc, Duprat J, Gonthier E, Peypouquet Jp (1984). La sédimentation marine holocène dans le Ghubbet el kharab (territoire des Afars et Issas) : importance du contexte régional. Oceanologica Acta, 7(1), 5-12. Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00113/22448/

Delmas Daniel (1983). Les glucides et l'évolution de la matière organique dans les sédiments marins. Oceanologica Acta, 6(2), 157-165. Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00120/23143/

Casanova Jean-Paul (1983). Sagitta lucida et Sagitta adenensis, chaetognathes mesoplanctoniques nouveaux du nord-ouest de l'Ocean Indien. Revue des Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches Maritimes, 47(1-2), 25-35. Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/1831/

Faugeres Jc, Gonthier E (1981). Les argiles des sédiments marins du Quanternaire récent dans le Golfe d'Aden et la Mer d'Oman (mission Orgon IV). Oceanologica Acta, 4(4), 395-399. Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00121/23224/