Marnaut Cruise

Investigating cold seeps along the northern branch of the North Anatolian Fault in the Sea of Marmara

Cruise: Marnaut Ship: Atalante (Ifremer/Genavir) Manned submersible: Nautile (Ifremer/Genavir) From : Istanbul (Turkey) May 12, 2007 To : Istanbul (Turkey) June 12, 2007 Project leaders : Xavier Le Pichon Naci Gorur CdF, France ITU, Turkey Cruise chief scientists : Pierre Henry A M Celal Sengor M Namik Cagatay CNRS, France ITU, Turkey ITU, Turkey

files and links

Video [320x240 mp4][640x480 mp4]

A 10-15 minutes movie featuring Nautile, gas seeps, brackish water seeps, hydrocarbon seeps, coring operations and burning gas hydrates. Ifremer copyright for everything below the sea surface.

Full report [public access]

pdf files, presentation files, and public data.

Summary report [web access]

html pages, in construction.

Cruise data [password access]

Raw and processed data for shipboard participants. Upload to this server started August 7, still in progress.

Preliminary report [pdf file]

July 16th version

Communiqué de presse[site INSU][site IFREMER][texte français, pdf][English version, pdf]

July 3 press release in french is posted on Ifremer and INSU website. English translation with figures is posted here.

Background and objectives [html][pdf]

a one page summary by Pierre Henry (CEREGE/College de France, CNRS, Aix-en-Provence) and Naci Gorur (ITU, Istanbul), 31/01/07

Public download directory [public access]

shipboard staffing, preliminary cruise plans and other files not fully integrated in the web site

Private download directory [password access]

password access for shipboard participants

Report of January 22-23 science meeting in Aix-en-Provence [html page].

detailed objectives, cruise plan and updates, posted 16/02/2007.

Lab assignments on Atalante [map of Atalante deck C]

Labo A : Piezometers

Labo B : Biology, Sediment and Pegaz sampling (Phillipe Noel and Laurent Bignon)

Labo C : Microbiology

Labo D : CTD Rosette, flowmeters, heat flow and conductivity

Labo G et H : Aqueous chemistry, gas extraction

Labo F : Cold lab (10°C): core storage and fluid extraction

Marnaut original proposal [download pdf]

this proposal was submitted in 2004 and does not include several aspects of the current cruise plan. ESONET objectives are not included