RRS Shackleton S6/72
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Shackleton (74SF) |
| Cruise identifier | S6/72 |
| Cruise period | 1972-11-16 — 1972-12-03 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Piraeus, Greece |
| Port of return | Heraklion, Greece |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Aims
1. To carry out a sampling programme in order to investigate the concentration of trace elements in sediment and waters in the vicinity of various islands of the Aegean and to determine whether such variations as were detected could be related to the occurrence of various types of mineralisation on the adjacent land masses and in the underlying rocks. 2. To collect cores and water samples both within the deeps and from the adjacent areas of the sea floor in the general vicinity of Crete, in order to determine the variations in trace element concentration and their relationship to environment and bedrock geology and structure. |
| Chief scientist | J S Tooms (Imperial College London Department of Geology) |
| Cruise report |  (0.48 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Aegean Sea (The Archipelago) (Mediterranean Sea) |
| Specific | Aegean Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Description: NIO and Niskin water bottles used |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Description: 3 grabs used: Shipek, Dietz-Lafonde and RVB |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 6 Description: 3 gravtiy cores and 3 piston cores |
| Other geological/geophysical measurements | Description: UKEL pingers and scintillometer used |
