Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name (ship code) | Sperus (74TJ) |
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| Cruise identifier | 2/77 Leg 2 |
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| Cruise period | 1977-04-21 — 1977-05-03 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Port of departure | Leith, United Kingdom |
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| Port of return | Newcastle, United Kingdom |
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| Purpose | Research |
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| Objectives | Gravity survey: Area A.
Satellite navigation system calibration.
Routine surveying with 2 gravity meters, magnetometer, pinger and echo-sounder.
Magnetometer not operational until 29th April. |
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| Chief scientist | Michael C Tully (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh) |
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| Cruise report | (14.75 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
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| Specific | North Sea |
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| Track charts | (0.77 MB) (0.53 MB) |
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| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
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| Single-beam echosounding | |
| Seismic refraction | |
| Gravity measurements | |
| Magnetic measurements | |