RRS Shackleton S3/80 Leg 8
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Shackleton (74SF) |
| Cruise identifier | S3/80 Leg 8 |
| Cruise period | 1980-07-31 — 1980-08-13 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Dundee, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Dundee, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The vessel sailed from Dundee and conducted two days of Huntec boomer trials. Gravity transit lines 23-25 totalling 447km were completed en route from the boomer trials area. Lines 26-36 totalling 1729km were completed in the main survey area. A watergun was used in preference to the air gun due to the absence of a bubble pulse. Gravity results were good and the accuracy was enhanced by the high quality navigatation resulting in good definition of the Eotvos curves.
During this leg the CAMAC minilogger underwent its first sea trials. Gravity, magnetic and depth data were logged successfully but only for a few hours at a time. |
| Chief scientist | Alan S Mould (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh) |
| Project | 80/03 |
| Coordinating body | NERC |
| Cruise report |  (0.76 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Seismic refraction | Quantity: track kilometres = 2176 Description: geophysical survey |
| Gravity measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 2176 Description: geophysical survey |
