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RRS Charles Darwin CD101C(leg1)

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RRS Charles Darwin (74AB)
Cruise identifierCD101C(leg1)
Cruise period1996-06-05 — 1996-07-13
StatusCompleted
Port of departureFairlie, United Kingdom
Port of returnAberdeen, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesGeophysical and TOBI surveys of the Continental shelf west of Scotland
Chief scientistDouglas G Masson (Southampton Oceanography Centre)
Cruise reportRRS Charles Darwin CD101C(leg1) cruise report cd101c_leg1.pdf (1.83 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SpecificWest of Shetland
Track chartsRRS Charles Darwin CD101C(leg1) cruise track — cd101c_leg1track.pdf (0.05 MB) 
Measurements 
Geology and geophysics 
GrabQuantity: number of deployments = 6
Description: 6 day grab samples
Core - soft bottomQuantity: number of cores = 3
Description: 3 mega corer samples
Core - soft bottomQuantity: number of cores = 7
Description: 7 Kasten corer samples
Core - soft bottomQuantity: number of deployments = 5
Description: 5 box corer samples
Long/short range side scan sonarQuantity: number of surveys = 19
Description: TOBI survey lines. Length range: 75km-296km
Single channel seismic reflectionQuantity: number of surveys = 31
Description: 100kHz survey lines. Length range; 4km-65km