Vessel/Source name: Diamantina
Voyage/Survey Identifier: DM 3/60
Voyage/Survey start date: 16 Oct 1960
Voyage/Survey end date: 13 Nov 1960
From/To: -
Voyage/Survey region: Indian Ocean E of 85E
Voyage/Survey track: not currently available (in electronic form) - consult documentation, as available
Voyage/Survey report: not currently available (in electronic form) - consult documentation, as available
Voyage/Survey description: H.M.A.S Diamantina cruise Dm 3/60 was undertaken to carry out oceanographic sampling close to the bottom in the Indian Ocean (area 10 degrees to 32 degrees S, 85 degrees to 110 degrees E), to determine the extent of the influx of Antartic Intermediate, Atlantic Deep and Antartic Bottom water. Hydrological (deep stations and surface), primary production, pigments, phytoplankton and zooplankton samples were collected and analysed on board and back at the Cronulla laboratory.
Voyage/Survey leader(s): D. Rochford (CSIRO)
Voyage/Survey documentation: CSIRO Division of Fisheries and Oceanography (1962). Oceanographical observations in the Indian Ocean in 1960. H.M.A.S. Diamantina cruise Dm 3/60. Oceanographical Cruise Report. Division of Fisheries and Oceanography. CSIRO Australia, no. 4. 45 pp.
Division of Fisheries & Oceanography Annual Report (1960-61), Fig. 1 and p. 4.
MarLIN records (dataset descriptions) currently available for this voyage/survey:
H.M.A.S. Diamantina Voyage Dm 3/60 Hydrology Data
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