Cruise information:
SOTW09WT
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Start
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End
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Cruise dates
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1972-09-17
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1972-10-19
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Cruise ports
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Papeete, Tahiti
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Pago Pago, American Samoa
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SIO cruise id
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SOTW09WT
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Cruise name
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SOUTHTOW LEG 9
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Chief scientist
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Hawkins, James W.
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Cruise narrative
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Scientific objectives are to test for presumed high heat flow behind the Tonga arc- to determine sediment composition and sedimentation rate, and Rock dredging as part of a regional petrologic study.
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Cruise ngdc number
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15040049
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Proposal title
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