Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RRS John Murray (74MJ) |
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Cruise identifier | JM5/76 |
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Cruise period | 1976-05-04 — 1976-05-14 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | South Shields, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | South Shields, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | To test the newly developed Pull-up Shallow Water Seismometer (PUSS) system and to gain experience in electrically firing a dispersed charge of 900lbs Geophex. Measurement of Seismic background noise versus signal level for shots of appropriate size fired at ranges from 10 to 200kms and secondly a reversed crustal profile west of the Viking graben. |
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Chief scientist | Drummond Hoyle Matthews (University of Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences) |
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Cruise report | (2.82 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Specific | North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Gear research | |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Seismic refraction | |