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RRS Charles Darwin CD104(leg2)
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RRS Charles Darwin (74AB) |
Cruise identifier | CD104(leg2) |
Cruise period | 1997-03-21 — 1997-04-19 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
Port of return | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | An overall aim was to look at the nature of the recent (last Glacial to present) basin filling processes.
The geophysical survey using digitally recorded sidescan sonar images and sub bottom profiles, together with a sampling programme, will be supplemented by a lab based programme of acoustic, geotechnical and sedimentological measurements on the collected samples. |
Chief scientist | Neil H Kenyon (Southampton Oceanography Centre) |
Cruise report | (2.15 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Arabian Sea Gulf of Oman |
Specific | Gulf of Oman and Arabian Gulf |
Track charts | (0.24 MB) |
Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
Sediment traps | Quantity: number of measurements = 1 Description: SAPPA tests. No. of tests not specified. |
Sediment traps | Quantity: number of surveys = 4 Description: A number of surveys took place on this cruise. Geophysics survey. Sidescan survey. Underway survey. Sediment survey. |
Sediment traps | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: Sediment samples were collected every 2 miles using a grap and a soft core. No. of samples not specified. |
Geology and geophysics | |
Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: Sediment samples were collected every 2 miles using a grap and a soft core. No. of samples not specified. |
Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: Sediment samples were collected every 2 miles using a grap and a soft core. No. of samples not specified. |
Bottom photography | Quantity: number of images = 2 Description: 2 camera tows. |
In-situ seafloor measurement/sampling | Quantity: number of measurements = 1 Description: SAPPA tests. No. of tests not specified. |
Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: number of surveys = 4 Description: A number of surveys took place on this cruise. Geophysics survey. Sidescan survey. Underway survey. Sediment survey. |