RRS Shackleton S4/80 Legs 2-5 ((1981))
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Shackleton (74SF) |
| Cruise identifier | S4/80 Legs 2-5 ((1981)) |
| Cruise period | 1980-12-01 — 1981-03-23 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Port of return | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | They were concerned with aspects of the tectonic evolution of the Scotia/ Weddell region. This is a large scale study, now nearing completion at the chosen level of detail. Thus, the wide distribution, apparent unrelatodress and peculiar shape of individual surveys stem partly from the distribution of existing data. |
| Chief scientist | Peter F Barker (University of Birmingham Department of Geological Sciences) |
| Cruise report |  (1.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | South Atlantic Ocean |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Meteorology | |
| Atmospheric chemistry | Description: the collection of total atmospheric particulates from the lower troposhere(leg 4 only) |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Dredge | Quantity: number of deployments = 61 |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 1 |
| Multi-beam echosounding | Quantity: track kilometres = 19335 |
| Single channel seismic reflection | Quantity: track kilometres = 8297 |
| Gravity measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 18816.32 |
| Magnetic measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 18557.04 |
