Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RRS Bransfield (74RD) |
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Cruise identifier | Bran_790 |
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Cruise period | 1980-01-04 — 1980-03-18 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Stanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
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Port of return | Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | Magnetic recordings were carried out on passage lines between bases. More detailed surveying, with seismic reflection profiling was performed on the South Orkney block and its margins. |
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Chief scientist | R J Whittington (University of Wales Aberystwyth Department of Geology) |
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Project | Marine Geophysics Cruise - Scotia Sea |
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Cruise report | (0.82 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | South Atlantic Ocean |
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Specific | Southern Ocean |
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Measurements | |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Magnetic measurements | Description: A number of magnetometer measurements were made throughout the cruise.
No. of measurements not noted. |