Plattform Platform	Reise-Nr. Cruise-No.	Zeitraum Period	Projekt Project	Arbeitsgebiet Working area
Maria S. Merian	MSM102	23.07.2021 - 09.09.2021		Labrador Sea Atlantic Ocean

Fahrtleiter Chief Scientist	Institut Institute	Auslaufhafen Port of departure	Einlaufhafen Port of return	Stationskarte Station map	Schiffsroute Trackchart
Krastel Sebastian	Institut fur Geophysik der Universitat Kiel	Emden	Emden

Ziel der Reise / Objectives of Cruise:

Sedimenttransport im Northwest Atlantic Mid-Ocean Channel (NAMOC), Labrador See The Northwest Atlantic Mid-Ocean Channel (NAMOC) is the longest known deep sea channel in the World, extending over 4000 km from offshore Hudson Strait, through the Labrador Sea, circumnavigating the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and terminating at the northern limit of the Sohm Abyssal Plain. The objective of this cruise was to enable the quantitative reconstruction of fundamental flow properties (e.g. thickness, speed and concentration) that created and maintained the NAMOC. This understanding is critical for estimation of the role that this sedimentary pathway had in directing sediment and nutrients from the land to the deep sea in response to deglaciation of the northeastern North American and Greenland ice sheets. To achieve these objectives, we realized a detailed mapping and coring campaign of the NAMOC. Metrics to consider include: 1) quantification of the evolution of channel and thalweg widths and depths down axis, 2) the dynamics and dimensions of meander bends, 3) the heights and widths of developing levees, bedforms, knick-points, and scours, and 4) dating of sedimentary deposits to establish the chronostratigraphic framework. In addition we will deployed Argo Floats.

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Verankerungen / Moorings