U.S.- Australia Cooperative Research: Benthic Flux          Measurements off the Northwest Coast of Australia
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This award will enable Dr. William M. Berelson (University of                   Southern California) and Dr. Daniel C. McCorkle (Woods Hole                     Oceanographic Institution) to collaborate with Dr. David T. Heggie              (Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology & Geophysics)                  during a research cruise aboard the Australian R.V. Rig Seismic in              the Indian Ocean off the northwest coast of Australia.  The                     research will entail geochemical studies related to exploration for             petroleum hydrocarbons, supplemented with modern process studies on             carbon cycling and light hydrocarbons in sediments, together with               paleoceanographic studies related to petroleum source-rock                      formations.                                                                                                                                                     It is important to understand the role the benthic boundary plays               in mediating global ocean cycles for elements such as carbon,                   oxygen, nitrogen and silica because these elements influence the                productivity of the oceans and can be affected by anthropogenic                 activity.  This study will add to the sparse  data set for deep                 ocean flux measurements and add to a growing data base of nutrient              benthic exchange measurements on productive continental margins.                The combined expertise and resources of the several groups                      participating in the cruise will enable study of sediment, core                 water, and incubation chamber chemistry to take place at the same               time, margin on the same samples.
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