RRS John Murray JM4/80
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS John Murray (74MJ) |
| Cruise identifier | JM4/80 |
| Cruise period | 1980-06-03 — 1980-06-17 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To obtain the samples of rock from a number of shoals in the Malin/Hebridean Seas using a team of diving geologists. The main thrust of the investigation was being directed towards the Blackstones Bank Igneous centre, the age of which is in dispute and the Stanton Banks which had not previously been dived upon. |
| Chief scientist | R J Whittington (University of Wales Aberystwyth Department of Geology) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| In-situ seafloor measurement/sampling | Quantity: number of dives = 18 Description: sampling by divers |
| Multi-beam echosounding |
