Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RRS Shackleton (74SF) |
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Cruise identifier | S4/78 |
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Cruise period | 1978-06-16 — 1978-07-06 |
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Status | Completed |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | To observe and collect samples of sediment and micro organisms from the seabed on the shelf and shelf edge west of Scotland. To locate and study coral banks on the shelf edge and details on sediment thickness and bedforms using a geophysical profiling. |
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Chief scientist | T P Scoffin (University of Edinburgh Department of Geology) |
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Cruise report | (1.23 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 1 Description: T bottom only |
Current meters | Quantity: 1 Description: 2 days |
Contamination | |
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Suspended matter | Quantity: 18 |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Primary productivity | Quantity: 10 |
Phytoplankton | Quantity: 7 |
Phytobenthos | Quantity: 110 |
Zoobenthos | Quantity: 50 Description: distribution,monitoring,population etc. |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Dredge | Quantity: number of deployments = 60 |
Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 80 |
Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 4 Description: 120 physical/30 chemical analysis of sediments |
Bottom photography | Quantity: track kilometres = 1574 Description: and 24nm motion picture of seafloor |
Single-beam echosounding | Quantity: track kilometres = 2222 |
Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: number of hauls = 70 |
Single channel seismic reflection | Quantity: 360 |