Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | MV Whitethorn (74WT) |
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Cruise identifier | 4/80 Leg 4 |
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Cruise period | 1980-07-17 — 1980-07-30 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | Objective of the leg was to continue CSNU sampling in the Central North Sea, to be completed in leg 5. Complete work along the propose route of the Gas Gathering Pipeline, which runs sub-paralled to the Median Line. Hoped to complete the virtually unsampled Cod and Fisher sheets as well as finishing the eastern hald of the Devil's Hole sheet. A total of 191 stations were occupied including 48 with the vibrocorer. |
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Chief scientist | Daniel Evans (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh) |
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Project | 80/WH/04 |
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Coordinating body | British Geological Survey |
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Cruise report | (4.91 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Specific | North Sea |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Grab | Quantity: number of stations = 191 Description: grabs and cores |