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Surveyor CSU II/71/S2

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship nameSurveyor
Cruise identifierCSU II/71/S2
Cruise period1971-08-21 — 1971-09-07
StatusCompleted
Chief scientistPaul E Binns (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh)
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
Measurements 
Geology and geophysics 
GrabQuantity: number of samples = 202
Description: shipek;4 were recovered by scuba diving;167 sampling sts.in total
Core - rockQuantity: 51
Description: 2 vibrocores;167 sampling sts.in total
Core - soft bottomQuantity: number of cores = 25
Description: sediment cores;167 sampling sts.in total;chemical/physical analysis
In-situ seafloor measurement/samplingQuantity: 2
Description: drilling & a sea bed scintillation probe measured radioactivity over a stretch of 103km
Long/short range side scan sonarQuantity: track kilometres = 539
Description: the kelvin hughes transit sonar was utilised for side scanning