RRS Discovery D135
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Discovery (74E3) |
| Cruise identifier | D135 |
| Cruise period | 1983-03-30 — 1983-04-24 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Funchal, Portugal |
| Port of return | Patrai, Greece |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Geochemical investigations of the water column and sediment system in the area west of Portugal. Water column sampling for trace metals, including manganese and aluminium, with filtered particulates. Sediment and pore water studies in the same region. Sites of special interest were 'Discovery Gap', King's Trough, Torre Seamount and Mediterranean outflow water. Several minor sites in the Mediterranean were also occupied. |
| Chief scientist | T Roger S Wilson (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.37 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) Mediterranean Sea Strait of Gibraltar (Mediterranean Sea) |
| Specific | North Atlantic/ Mediterranean |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | Quantity: number of deployments = 10 Description: FIDO.Filtration pump profiler. |
| Meteorology | |
| Routine standard measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 9 |
| Other geological/geophysical measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 4 Description: Pore waters |
