RRS Challenger CH17/79
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Challenger (74CH) |
| Cruise identifier | CH17/79 |
| Cruise period | 1979-12-07 — 1979-12-15 |
| Status | Completed |
| Objectives | Mooring deployments at two North Atlantic abyssal plain stations plus echo sounder survey across the shelf break. |
| Chief scientist | Ian Waddington (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of stations = 2 Description: moorings;8 current meters;approx.100 days |
| Meteorology | |
| Routine standard measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single-beam echosounding | Quantity: track kilometres = 90 |
