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RRS Challenger CH1/78
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RRS Challenger (74CH) |
Cruise identifier | CH1/78 |
Cruise period | 1978-01-06 — 1978-01-26 |
Status | Completed |
Chief scientist | Andrew J Smith (Bedford College London Department of Geology) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel |
Measurements | |
Geology and geophysics | |
Grab | Quantity: number of deployments = 11 |
Core - rock | Quantity: number of cores = 17 |
Single-beam echosounding | Quantity: track kilometres = 1500 |
Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: track kilometres = 1600 Description: side scan sonar records are of variable quality |
Single channel seismic reflection | Quantity: track kilometres = 1500 Description: seismic records are of shallow penetration using spark array;total includes 37nm of Boomer records |
Magnetic measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 120 |