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RRS Charles Darwin CD54

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RRS Charles Darwin (74AB)
Cruise identifierCD54
Cruise period1990-12-19 — 1991-01-05
StatusCompleted
Port of departureBarry, United Kingdom
Port of returnDakar, Senegal
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesMagnetics, gravity and bathymetry survey of the OCEAN site
Chief scientistTimothy J Henstock (University of Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences)
Cruise reportRRS Charles Darwin CD54 cruise report cd54.pdf (0.33 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Atlantic Ocean
Specificedge of Cape Verde abyssal plain
Track chartsRRS Charles Darwin CD54 cruise track — trk3616.html
Measurements 
Geology and geophysics 
Single-beam echosoundingQuantity: activity duration in days = 5
Description: days
Gravity measurementsQuantity: activity duration in days = 5
Description: days
Magnetic measurementsQuantity: activity duration in days = 5
Description: days