Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RRS Shackleton (74SF) |
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Cruise identifier | S6/76 |
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Cruise period | 1976-10-27 — 1976-11-18 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | Study the continental margin of Galicia shaped by the rifting of the Bay of Biscay and the subsequent Pyrenean deformation, to examine the interaction between the Pyrenean deformation and the adjacent ocean floor and to make a survey of the continent ocean boundary in the vicinity of the Trevelyen Escarpement. |
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Chief scientist | David G Roberts (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (3.26 MB) (0.66 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Bay of Biscay North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Multi-beam echosounding | Quantity: track kilometres = 5186 |
Single channel seismic reflection | Quantity: track kilometres = 5186 |
Gravity measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 5185.6 |
Magnetic measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 5185.6 |