Geological studies of the Northern Atlantic during the 49th cruise of the R/V Akademik Ioffe

A marine geology team worked on board the R/V Akademik Ioffe during its 49th cruise from June 11 to July 4, 2015 within the Russian Science Foundation project The World Ocean in the 21st Century: Climate, Ecosystems, Resources, and Catastrophes. The goal of this study was to describe the modern sediment system of the North Atlantic and to collect cores for a high-resolution reconstruction of climate change (figure). The research was carried out along a multiannual profile at 5930 N, during the ships transit in the North Sea, and after the end of the profiling up to the port of Halifax.