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RRS Challenger CH113A
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RRS Challenger (74CH) |
Cruise identifier | CH113A |
Cruise period | 1994-07-29 — 1994-08-12 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Ardrossan, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Mallaig, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | The objective of the cruise was to study the crustal structure of the Faroe-Iceland Ridge, the trail of the Iceland plume on the Eurasian plate as the North Atlantic opened. Part of planned two ship exercise with MV GEKO ECHO.
Charter cruise. |
Chief scientist | Tim A Minshull (University of Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences) |
Cruise report | (0.60 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Bathythermograph | Quantity: number of profiles = 7 Description: XBTs. |
Geology and geophysics | |
Single-beam echosounding | Description: Simrad EA500 echosounder |
Single channel seismic reflection |