Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | MV Whitethorn (74WT) |
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Cruise identifier | 75/WH/05 |
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Cruise period | 1975-09-04 — 1975-09-21 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Ardrossan, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | Drill boreholes to prove the age and nature of sediments infilling the Rathlin Trough and Loch Indaal Basin |
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Chief scientist | Daniel Evans (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh) |
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Cruise report | (3.46 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Specific | Inland Sea off West coast of Scotland |
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Measurements | |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 7 |
Core - rock | Quantity: 9 Description: 4 paleontology |
In-situ seafloor measurement/sampling | Quantity: 6 Description: drilling |
Single-beam echosounding | Quantity: 120 |
Single channel seismic reflection | Quantity: 120 |