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RRS Charles Darwin CD33
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RRS Charles Darwin (74AB) |
Cruise identifier | CD33 |
Cruise period | 1988-05-05 — 1988-06-01 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Suva, Fiji |
Port of return | Auckland, New Zealand |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | To obtain geological and geophysical data |
Chief scientist | Lindsay M Parson (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.52 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | South West Pacific Ocean (limit 140W) |
Specific | SW Pacific (Lau Basin) |
Track charts | (0.07 MB) |
Measurements | |
Geology and geophysics | |
Dredge | Quantity: number of deployments = 18 |
Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 33 |
Single-beam echosounding | Quantity: track kilometres = 6000 |
Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: track kilometres = 3300 |
Single channel seismic reflection | Quantity: track kilometres = 3300 |
Seismic refraction | Description: 3 sonobuoys |
Gravity measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 7008 |
Magnetic measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 3411 |