Cruise information:
NOVA04HO
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Start
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End
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Cruise dates
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1967-07-13
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1967-08-07
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Cruise ports
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Suva, Fiji
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Noumea,New Caledonia
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SIO cruise id
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NOVA04HO
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Cruise name
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NOVA LEG 4(HO)
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Chief scientist
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Menard, Henry W.
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Cruise narrative
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To explore the southwest Pacific Ocean and to investigate the drift of continents and the expansion of the seafloor in Melanesia which seems to be part continent and part ocean basin.
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Cruise ngdc number
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NA
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Proposal title
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To study the origins and geologic history of continents and ocean basins
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