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RRS Discovery D35
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RRS Discovery (74E3) |
Cruise identifier | D35 |
Cruise period | 1970-07-11 — 1970-08-19 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Southampton, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Southampton, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1) Second sea trials of GLORIA
2) Side-scan survey 3) Sub-bottom profiling equipment 4) Transducer measurements 5) Sound speed profiles 6) Gulf of Cadiz sedimentation 7) Balearic Island ridge geology 8) Sea-bed 'Oysters' 9) Zooplankton collection for lipid analysis 10) A chemical release |
Chief scientist | A H B Stride (National Institute of Oceanography) |
Cruise report | (0.30 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Bay of Biscay Mediterranean Sea |
Track charts | (0.05 MB) |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Water bottle stations | Description: T surface only |
Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Quantity: 39 Description: bottom |
Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of profiles = 1 Description: sound velocity stations |
Biology and fisheries | |
Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: 8 Description: lipid concentrations crustacea |
Meteorology | |
Incident radiation | |
Occasional standard measurements | |
Other meteorological measurements | Description: sea and swell |
Geology and geophysics | |
Multi-beam echosounding | |
Long/short range side scan sonar | |
Single channel seismic reflection | Quantity: track kilometres = 1156 Description: 1156 km |