Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RRS Shackleton (74SF) |
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Cruise identifier | S2/72 |
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Cruise period | 1972-06-15 — 1972-07-05 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Gibraltar, Gibraltar |
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Port of return | Gibraltar, Gibraltar |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | Geophysical and geological work in the vicinity of the Horseshoe seamounts, 400 miles west of Gibraltar. |
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Chief scientist | Drummond Hoyle Matthews (University of Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences) |
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Cruise report | (0.17 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Atlantic Ocean |
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Specific | Horseshoe seamounts |
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Measurements | |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Core - rock | Quantity: number of cores = 41 Description: short cores take in shallow water |
In-situ seafloor measurement/sampling | Quantity: number of deployments = 3 Description: magnetic properties; self potential measurements on bottom. |
Multi-beam echosounding | Quantity: activity duration in days = 20 Description: bathymetry for all track |
Gravity measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 2889.12 |
Magnetic measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 2889 Description: magnetometer for most of track |