Sperus 4/76
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Sperus (74TJ) |
| Cruise identifier | 4/76 |
| Cruise period | 1976-09-26 — 1976-11-05 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Leith, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Leith, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To carry out a gravity and magnetic survey of the British sector of the North Sea between 51° N and 62° N. Forty survey lines within the same area were surveyed as five cruise legs with intermediate port calls for changes of personnel. |
| Chief scientist | A Dobinson (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh), Geoff A Day (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh), Michael C Tully (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh) |
| Cruise report |  (5.02 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single-beam echosounding | Quantity: track kilometres = 3704 |
| Single channel seismic reflection | Quantity: track kilometres = 6728.316 Description: seismic reflection pinger.Format 0 is seismic analogue paper record |
| Gravity measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 6859.808 |
| Magnetic measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 6007.888 |
