| Cruise ID | SOTW10WT |
| Vessel | R/V THOMAS WASHINGTON |
| Title | SOUTHTOW Expedition (SOTW) |
| Abstract | Erosion and sedimentation of cohesive red clay sediments will be studied in detail with the Deep Tow device, the region of this investigation at 9 deg S, 168 deg W, where Antarctic Bottom Water enters the Central Basin of the Pacific. |
| Starting Port | Pago Pago, American Samoa |
| Ending Port | Pago Pago, American Samoa |
| Starting Date | 1972-10-26 |
| Ending Date | 1972-11-20 |
| Latitude Maximum | -7.3233 |
| Latitude Minimum | -14.2795 |
| Longitude Maximum | 191.447 |
| Longitude Minimum | 189.073 |
| Principal Investigator | Spiess, Fred N. |
| Scientist Names | F. N. SPIESS - CHIEF SCIENTIST - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :W. E. KEITH - RESIDENT TECH - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :J. L. ABBOTT - COMPUTER TECH - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :J. D. OTT - COMPUTER TECH - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :R. E. BONGARD - AIRGUN TECH - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :D. E. BOEGEMAN - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :R. D. FLOOD - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :G. E. FORBES - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :P. F. LONSDALE - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :C. D. LOWENSTEIN - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :G. J. MILLER - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :J. D. MUDIE - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :F. V. PAVLICEK - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :J. R. SINGLETON - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :R. E. TYCE - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :R. F. WILKINS - STAFF - NON-SCRIPPS EMPLOYEE :D. A. YUEN - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION |
