RV POSEIDON Fahrtbericht / Cruise Report POS518: Baseline Study for the Environmental Monitoring of Subseafloor CO2 Storage Operations, Leg 1: Bremerhaven – Bremerhaven (Germany) 25.09.-11.10.2017, Leg 2: Bremerhaven – Kiel (Germany) 12.10.-28.10.2017
Journal: Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR)
Year: 2018

Poseidon cruise 518 (leg 1 and 2) took place in the framework of the Horizon 2020&#13;\nproject STEMM-CCS of the EU. The project’s main goal is to develop and test&#13;\nstrategies and technologies for the monitoring of subseafloor CO2 storage operations.&#13;\nIn this context a small research-scale CO2 gas release experiment is planned for 2019&#13;\nin the vicinity of the Goldeneye platform located in the British EEZ (central North Sea).&#13;\nCruise POS518 aimed at collecting necessary oceano