Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | MV Whitethorn (74WT) |
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Cruise identifier | 2/83 Leg 5 |
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Cruise period | 1983-06-08 — 1983-06-22 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Blyth, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Blyth, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | The leg was divided into two parts: the period from 9-13 June was taken up recovering the Huntec boomer fish lost by the Marine Geophysics Unit in the Swallow Hole area: the remainder of the leg, 13-22 June, was spent sampling on the Dogger Sheet. 35 vibrocore, 56 sediment core and 113 shipek grab sites were occupied during the second half of the leg. |
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Chief scientist | C D R Evans (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh) |
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Cruise report | (3.60 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Specific | Swallow Hole, Dogger Bank |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 722 |
Core - rock | Quantity: 480 |
Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 480 |
In-situ seafloor measurement/sampling | Quantity: 47 Description: sampling by divers |