RRS Shackleton (57-70) Brst_667
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name | RRS Shackleton (57-70) |
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| Cruise identifier | Brst_667 |
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| Cruise period | 1966-12-17 — 1967-01-14 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Purpose | Research |
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| Objectives | The work involved gravity, magnetic and seismic experiments. The only digital data maintained however are magnetic and bathymetric records from the Bransfield Strait. |
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| Chief scientist | Peter F Barker (University of Birmingham Department of Geology) |
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| Project | Marine Geophysics-Bransfield Strait |
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| Cruise report | (0.16 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | South Atlantic Ocean Southern Ocean |
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| Specific | Southern Ocean |
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| Track charts | (0.06 MB) |
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| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
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| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: A number of magnetic and bathymetric measurements were made throughout the cruise.
No. of measurments not noted. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
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| Seismic refraction | Quantity: number of track lines = 3 Description: A number of Seismic Refraction measurements were made throughout the cruise. |
| Gravity measurements | Description: A number of gravity measurements were made throughout the cruise.
No. of measurements not noted. |
| Magnetic measurements | Description: A number of magnetic and bathymetric measurements were made throughout the cruise.
No. of measurments not noted. |