Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RRS John Biscoe (74JB) |
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Cruise identifier | JB07 |
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Cruise period | 1987-02-05 — 1987-03-06 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Stanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
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Port of return | Montevideo, Uruguay |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | The cruise was concerned with two projects: firstly a study of the Weddell Sea Bottom Water and its influence on sedimentation in the Weddell Sea, and secondly an investigation of a young intra-oceanic ridge crest - trench collision zone just to the south of the present South Sandwich Island Arc. |
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Chief scientist | Ian W Hamilton (University of Birmingham Department of Geological Sciences) |
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Project | Marine Earth Sciences and Physical Oceanography in the Weddell Sea |
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Cruise report | (0.87 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | South Atlantic Ocean South Pacific Ocean |
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Specific | Weddell Sea, South of South Sandwich Island Arc |
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Track charts | (0.22 MB) |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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CTD stations | Description: A number of CTD stations were worked during the cruise.
No. of stations not noted. |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Dredge | Description: A number of dredges were made during the cruise.
No. of dreges not noted. |
Magnetic measurements | Description: A number of magnetometer profiles were made during the cruise.
No. of profiles not noted. |