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RRS Charles Darwin CD116

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RRS Charles Darwin (74AB)
Cruise identifierCD116
Cruise period1997-07-01 — 1997-07-19
StatusCompleted
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesThe objectives of this cruise are to run the TOBI sea floor imaging vehicle to provide a suite of geological observations on the detailed morphology and shallow seismic character of the sea floor within three key target areas on the Norwegian margin, south of 68° N. These new observations are aimed to complement existing data from earlier cruises into these areas, where synoptic-scale morphological data, along with seismic architecture and core material, were acquired.
Chief scientistHaflidi Haflidason (University of Bergen, Department of Earth Science)
ProjectENAM II
Cruise reportRRS Charles Darwin CD116 cruise report cd116.pdf (10.42 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
SpecificUpper North Sea Fan, Storegga Slide, Voring Plateau and Traenadjupet Slide
Measurements 
Geology and geophysics 
Long/short range side scan sonarQuantity: survey square kilometres = 1150
Description: An area in the Upper North Sea Fan was surveyed using the side scan sonar.
Long/short range side scan sonarQuantity: survey square kilometres = 3000
Description: An area withing the Storegga Slide was surveyed using the side scan sonar.
Long/short range side scan sonarQuantity: survey square kilometres = 2900
Description: At the Traenadjupet Slide a side scan sonar profile was made. A number of bottom reflections were also made.
Single channel seismic reflectionQuantity: survey square kilometres = 2900
Description: At the Traenadjupet Slide a side scan sonar profile was made. A number of bottom reflections were also made.