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RRS Charles Darwin CD71
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RRS Charles Darwin (74AB) |
Cruise identifier | CD71 |
Cruise period | 1992-08-05 — 1992-08-21 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | To locate possible gas seeps and carry out geological, chemical and biological sampling |
Chief scientist | John A Chesher (British Geological Survey, Edinburgh) |
Project | Barra Fan Project |
Coordinating body | British Geological Survey |
Cruise report | (1.31 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
Specific | Barra Fan off Outer Hebrides, West Scotland |
Track charts | |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
CTD stations | Quantity: number of profiles = 9 |
Chemical oceanography | |
Other chemical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of profiles = 9 Description: rosette for chemistry |
Biology and fisheries | |
Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: trawl - to search for unusual fauna |
Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of samples = 14 Description: spade box cores,macrobenthos, meiobenthos, microbenthos (bacteria),chemical analysis |
Molluscs | Quantity: number of deployments = 2 Description: sled hauls,- ledella(bivalvia) frozen for molecular genetics anal. |
Exploratory fishing | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: trawl - to search for unusual fauna |
Geology and geophysics | |
Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 61 Description: sediment provenance, reworking, shear & compressive |