R/V Oceanus, Voyage #437, Leg VII (OC437_VII)
5 July 2007 - 28 July 2007
Lisbon, Portugal - Praia, Cape Verde


The main scientific research objective is to core deep sea sediments that will develop new Holocene records of variations in NW African  climate and vegetation and tropical Atlantic SSTs and SST gradients.  Tropical Atlantic SSTs and NW African climate are dynamically linked to  variations in North Atlantic SSTs at interannual-multidecadal (and  millennial) timescales. 


The planned activities include sediment coring, water and plankton sampling. The operations area will be the Eastern Atlantic Ocean in the  vicinity of the West African coast.  


Scientific personnel:
Dr. Peter deMenocal, Chief Scientist, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
Ms. Jennifer Arbuszewski, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
Ms. Nichole Anest, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
Mr. Daniel Montlucon, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Mr. David Griffith, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Mr. James Saenz, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Ms. Ellen Roosen, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Mr. Patrick Rowe, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Dr. Thomas Wagner, Newcastle University, UK
Ms. Samantha Langton, State University of New York, Albany
Mr. Henry Wu, State University of New York, Albany
Mr. Lothian Buss, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Mr. Jean Pierre Lamane Tine, National Marine Ministry of Armed Forces, 
Sénégal
Mr. Bassirou Diaw, National Oceanographic Center, Ministry of Maritime 
Transport, Sénégal