Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RRS Shackleton (74SF) |
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Cruise identifier | S3/73 |
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Cruise period | 1973-04-06 — 1973-05-03 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Gibraltar, Gibraltar |
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Port of return | Ponta Delgada, Portugal |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | Geology and geophysics near the Horseshoe Seamounts, 400 miles west of Gibraltar, and in an area 300 miles SE of San Miguel (Azores). |
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Chief scientist | Drummond Hoyle Matthews (University of Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences) |
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Cruise report | (0.53 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) Strait of Gibraltar (Mediterranean Sea) |
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Specific | Horseshoe Seamounts |
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Track charts | (0.04 MB) |
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Measurements | |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Core - rock | Quantity: 27 Description: short cores |
Multi-beam echosounding | Description: measured over all of the track |
Single channel seismic reflection | Quantity: 435 |
Seismic refraction | Quantity: 4 |
Magnetic measurements | Description: measured over part of the track only |