| Cruise ID | SOTW05WT |
| Vessel | R/V THOMAS WASHINGTON |
| Title | SOUTHTOW Expedition (SOTW) |
| Abstract | A deep-tow survey will be made of an area just east of the saddle on the crest of the Carnegie Ridge (1 deg S 86 deg W), also studying small-scale variations in acoustic refelctivity of the sea floor as well as to gathering information relevant to the development of sea floor search an inspection techinques. |
| Starting Port | Callao, Peru |
| Ending Port | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Starting Date | 1972-05-22 |
| Ending Date | 1972-06-12 |
| Latitude Maximum | -0.6798 |
| Latitude Minimum | -11.8329 |
| Longitude Maximum | 282.497 |
| Longitude Minimum | 274.017 |
| Principal Investigator | Spiess, Fred N. |
| Scientist Names | F. N. SPIESS - CHIEF SCIENTIST - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :J. HARDY - RESIDENT TECH - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :J. DONOVAN - MARINE TECH - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :M. ELSTON - COMPUTER TECH - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :J. MATHER - ELECTRONICS TECH - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :D. MCKINNEY - AIRGUN TECH - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :V. H. ALARCON - STAFF - PERU :D. BOEGEMAN - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :B. COLES - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :G. FORBES - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :P. LONSDALE - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :B. MALFAIT - STAFF - OREGON STATE UNIV. :G. MILLER - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :W. POWELL - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :R. TYCE - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :W. URQUIZO - STAFF - PERU :T. VAN ANDEL - STAFF - OREGON STATE UNIV. |
