RRS Charles Darwin CD81
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Charles Darwin (74AB) |
| Cruise identifier | CD81 |
| Cruise period | 1993-10-03 — 1993-11-01 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To investigate the mechanisms of crustal accretion at the axis of the Reykjanes Ridge by using seismic and electromagnetic methods to determine the physical structure of the crust and uppermost mantle beneath a magmatically active axial volcanic ridge. |
| Chief scientist | Martin C Sinha (University of Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences) |
| Cruise report |  (3.36 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Reykjanes Ridge at 57 45N |
| Track charts | (0.08 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Seismic refraction | Quantity: number of track lines = 8 |
| Other geological/geophysical measurements | Quantity: number of measurements = 111 |
| Other geological/geophysical measurements | Quantity: number of deployments = 11 Description: Digital Ocean Bottom Seismometer (DOBS) |
