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Moray Firth IV Jun69

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)Moray Firth IV (74MF)
Cruise identifierJun69
Cruise period1969-06-07 — 1969-06-25
StatusCompleted
Port of departureWallsend, United Kingdom
Port of returnWallsend, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesThe objectives of the cruise were to investigate the crustal and upper mantle structure of the Iceland-Faroe ridge and to develop techniques of reflection shooting using an airgun source. During the first half of the cruise, it was planned to use the two-ship seismic refraction method to determine crustal thickness and layering. After this, the Moray Firth would return to the Tyne leaving Arran Firth to carry out seismic reflection measurements of layer 1 in conjunction with magnetometer measurements on the ridge. A subsidiary aim was to test and use disposable sono-buoys in conjunction with the airgun relfection source.
Chief scientistMartin H P Bott (University of Durham, Department of Geological Sciences)
Cruise reportMoray Firth IV Jun69 cruise report moray_firth_jun69.pdf (5.84 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Track chartsMoray Firth IV Jun69 cruise track — moray_firth_jun69trk.pdf (0.02 MB) 
Measurements 
Geology and geophysics 
Seismic refractionDescription: A number of seismic refraction tests took place during the cruise. No. of trials not noted.