ORH2001/01 R/V Tangaroa
Multichannel seismic data from the "Wanganui Neotectonics - Back-arc Extension" voyage (3048) of the R/V Tangaroa. The voyage was undertaken as part of the "Extensional Back-arc Processes" project of the "Active Seabed Processes" FRST programme. The objectives of the programme are to determine the contemporaneous processes of extensional faulting, subsidence andc sedimentation in the Wanganui Bight and Bay of Plenty, to compare the mechanisims of extension, potential seismicity of offshore faluts, and the influence of sealevel cycles on sediment-tectonic interactions at opposite ends of the back-arc region of the Hikurangi subduction zone. Survey Leader: Scott Nodder Organisations: NIWA Seismic Instrument: 210 cu.in.,GI AIRGUN, 48 CHANNELS Navigation Instrument: GPS Ports: Wellington to Wellington
This voyage of the R/V Tangaroa had multiple objectives: 1. deployment of 45 Argo floats on behalf of the School of Oceanography, University of Washington 2. deployment of 5 floating Met bous for the New Zealand MetService 3. accurately survey basepoints on the Bounty and Antipodes Islands groups 4. hydrographic surveying of the seafloor around the Bounty and Antipodes Island groups (CSP 2005 MS9-BA)
R/V Tangaroa
R/V Tangaroa