RRS Bransfield Bran_789
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Bransfield (74RD) |
| Cruise identifier | Bran_789 |
| Cruise period | 1978-12-29 — 1979-05-07 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Stanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
| Port of return | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Geophysical data acquisition. Magnetic reading was carried out on passage lines between Antarctic bases with a more detailed survey, including some seismic reflection profiling, being performed on the boundary between the South American and Antarctic plates east of the South Sandwich Islands. |
| Chief scientist | Peter F Barker (University of Birmingham Department of Geological Sciences) |
| Project | Marine Geophysics Cruise - Scotia Sea |
| Cruise report |  (5.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | South Atlantic Ocean |
| Specific | Southern Ocean |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Multi-beam echosounding | Description: Echo-sounding and reflection profiling took place during the cruise. No. of profiles not noted. |
| Seismic refraction | Description: Echo-sounding and reflection profiling took place during the cruise. No. of profiles not noted. |
| Magnetic measurements | Description: A number of magnetometer deployment trials took place during the cruise. No. of trials not noted. |
