Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | MV Whitethorn (74WT) |
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Cruise identifier | 2/83 Leg 8 |
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Cruise period | 1983-08-10 — 1983-08-23 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Shoreham-by-Sea, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Hull, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | Objectives
1. Complete the surface sediment sample grid on the Wight and Guernsey sheets
2. Drill eight chosen sites on the Dungeness Boulogne sheet.
Both objectives were achieved with 269 shipek and gravity core stations being occupied and seven out of the eight drill sites completed. |
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Chief scientist | C D R Evans (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh) |
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Cruise report | (1.95 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel |
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Specific | English Channel |
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Track charts | |