RRS Shackleton S3/73
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Shackleton (74SF) |
| Cruise identifier | S3/73 |
| Cruise period | 1973-04-06 — 1973-05-03 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Gibraltar, Gibraltar |
| Port of return | Ponta Delgada, Portugal |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Geology and geophysics near the Horseshoe Seamounts, 400 miles west of Gibraltar, and in an area 300 miles SE of San Miguel (Azores). |
| Chief scientist | Drummond Hoyle Matthews (University of Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences) |
| Cruise report |  (0.53 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) Strait of Gibraltar (Mediterranean Sea) |
| Specific | Horseshoe Seamounts |
| Track charts | (0.04 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| 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 |
