Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RRS Shackleton (74SF) |
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Cruise identifier | S5/75 |
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Cruise period | 1975-05-26 — 1975-06-21 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Bombay, India |
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Port of return | Victoria, Seychelles |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To obtain samples of manganese nodules, encrustations, sediments and bottom waters at increasing distance from the crest of the Carlsberg Ridge, in order to evaluate the roles of metal source and environment of deposition on nodule geochemistry.
2. To look for metalliferous sediments and deposits of hydrothermal origin in the median valley of the Carlsberg Ridge.
3. To obtain continuous air-gun profile over the Carlsberg Ridge |
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Chief scientist | David S Cronan (Imperial College London Department of Geology) |
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Cruise report | (0.14 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Indian Ocean |
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Specific | Northwestern Indian Ocean |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Trace elements | |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Dredge | |
Core - soft bottom | |