Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RRS Shackleton (74SF) |
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Cruise identifier | S10/79 |
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Cruise period | 1979-10-31 — 1979-11-24 |
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Status | Completed |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | To obtain magnetic, gravity and precision depth records for the northern Red Sea In the direction of seafloor speading N44/224 |
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Chief scientist | Ronald W Girdler (Newcastle University School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences) |
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Cruise report | (0.14 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Red Sea |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Birds | |
Mammals and reptiles | |
Meteorology | |
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Routine standard measurements | |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 1 |
Single-beam echosounding | Quantity: track kilometres = 9750 |
Single channel seismic reflection | Quantity: track kilometres = 185 |
Gravity measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 9750 |
Magnetic measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 9750 |