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India Project Location Map. (Larger Image) NGHP Expedition 01 consisted of three primary phases: Phase-I   Project Planning and Mobilization: including development of a project prospectus; mobilization of the scientific ocean drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution, from Galveston, Texas to Mumbai, India; and the staffing of the science team.  Phase-II   Field Project Management, Operations and Research: the operational phase of NGHP Expedition 01 began with the arrival of the scientific crew in Mumbai, India on April 28, 2006 and ended 113 days later with the departure of ship from its final berth in Chennai on August 19, 2006.  The Expedition consisted of five separate “legs” as follows: Leg 1 (April 28-May 16): Sailed southwest from Mumbai to a location in the Kerala-Konkan Basin, Arabian Sea; conducted drilling, logging, and coring operations; then sailed around the southern tip of India to port in Chennai. Leg 2 (May 17-June 6):  Conducted personnel and equipment transfers in Chennai, then sailed to ten sites in the Krishna-Godawari and Mahanadi basins; conducted logging-while-drilling (LWD) operations; returned to Chennai. Leg 3a (June 7-June 25):  Informed with the LWD results, the crew sailed to a total of four selected sites within Krishna-Godawari basin for drilling, coring, and logging operations, before returning to Chennai for personnel and equipment transfers. Leg 3b (June 26-July 17):  Conducted additional drilling, coring, and logging operations at five additional sites within the Krishna-Godawari region. Leg 4: (July 18-August 19):   After personnel transfers via Helicopter, the team sailed east and cored a site east of Little Andaman Island, then traveled northwest to two sites within the Mahanadi Basin, then moved southwest to further explore two additional sites within the Krishna-Godawari Basin, before finally sailing to Chennai.  Drilling, coring, and logging operations were conducted at each site during Leg 4. Phase-III:  Demobilization and Collaborative Post-Field Project Analysis of Geologic Data and Samples (ongoing): Including a wide range of collaborative post-field analysis of samples collected during the Expedition and reporting of the geologic results of this effort.