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 samples = 14 Description: spade box cores,macrobenthos, meiobenthos, microbenthos (bacteria),chemical analysis |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: trawl - to search for unusual fauna |
| 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 |
