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RRS Charles Darwin CD64

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RRS Charles Darwin (74AB)
Cruise identifierCD64
Cruise period1991-12-22 — 1992-01-24
StatusCompleted
Port of departureLisbon, Portugal
Port of returnPonta Delgada, Portugal
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesStudy of a segment of the European/African plate boundary
Chief scientistAnthony B Watts (University of Oxford Department of Earth Sciences)
Cruise reportRRS Charles Darwin CD64 cruise report cd64.pdf (0.83 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SpecificAtlantic Ocean, east of Azores and Western Mediterranean Sea, Alboran Sea,Gornage Bank,Gloria transform fault, Gib. Strait
Track chartsRRS Charles Darwin CD64 cruise track — trk3737.html
Measurements 
Geology and geophysics 
Single-beam echosoundingQuantity: track kilometres = 7314
Description: Bathymetry
Long/short range side scan sonarQuantity: track kilometres = 7314
Description: GLORIA II
Multichannel seismic reflectionQuantity: track kilometres = 7314
Description: seismic reflection
Gravity measurementsQuantity: track kilometres = 7314
Description: Gravity
Magnetic measurementsQuantity: track kilometres = 7314
Description: Magnetics