NOVA05AR Nova Expedition Leg 05 - Cruise Report. In Data from Scripps Research Expeditions 1953-2005

To explore the southwest pacific ocean and to investigate the drift of continents and the expansion of the seafloor in melanesia which seems to be part continent and part ocean basin.

为探索西南太平洋（Southwest Pacific Ocean）海域，并研究兼具大陆与洋盆（ocean basin）双重属性的美拉尼西亚（Melanesia）区域内的大陆漂移与海底扩张现象。