MV Whitethorn 8/81leg1and2
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | MV Whitethorn (74WT) |
| Cruise identifier | 8/81leg1and2 |
| Cruise period | 1981-04-02 — 1981-04-29 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Liverpool, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Geology. Legs 1-6, 12-14. Principal scientists were: Chesher, Owens, Evans and Fyfe. CSU = CSU II Edinburgh
Legs 1 and 2: Leg 1 from 2-15 April was spent on the Bosies Bank Sheet and Leg 2 from 16-29th April on the Orkney Sheet. Priority was given to vibrocoring in both areas, although several rockdrill sites were successfully occupied in the Orkney area on Papa Bank. Samples were taken using a Vibrocorer, Shipek Grab, Gravity corer and a Midi Rock Drill |
| Chief scientist | John A Chesher (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh) |
| Cruise report |  (3.83 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | North Sea/N.E. Atlantic. Bosies Bank, Orkneys |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 1237 Description: Data from all legs of the 8/81 cruise |
| Core - rock | Quantity: 225 Description: During leg 1&2, cores were cut in half, photographed, logged and curated on board. Data from all legs of the 8/81 cruise |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 1046 Description: During leg 1&2, cores were cut in half, photographed, logged and curated on board. Data from all legs of the 8/81 cruise |
| In-situ seafloor measurement/sampling | Quantity: 45 Description: Data from all legs of the 8/81 cruise. During leg 1&2, the mini drill drilled 0.5m in 1 hours in hard gneiss and resulted in approx 0.35 m cores. |
