Nov 3 - Nov 4 : Loading
Nov 4 : Preliminary Scientific Meeting on Board at 1600 hrs
Nov 5 : Leave Dock from Callao, Peru
Nov 6 : at 200 nm out along the Nazca Ridge, we will conduct multibeam
patch test and xbt. - Begin multibeam survey along the Nazca
Ridge moving in a southwestward direction.
Nov 8 : Return to selected sites to dredge.
Nov 9 : Continue mapping and sampling along chain working our way to
Salas y Gomez Island, including xbt's once a day.
Dec 13 : Final multibeam patchtest, leave Salas y Gomez area, and
sail to Easter Island.
Dec 14 : Drop anchor near Easter Island at 0800 hrs.
Notes: scientific crew may stay on vessel nights of Nov 3, Nov 4, and
Dec 14. Offloading of dredge samples will be conducted by SIO
Res Tech's at earlist port of convenience and will be shipped
to SIO archive.
by conducting a geochronological, geochemical, and
geophysical study of seamounts and volcanic ridges along
unsampled portions of the ESN hotspot trace, from 104o to
78 o W including the Nazca Ridge.