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Emerald 77/EM/06 Leg 5

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship nameEmerald
Cruise identifier77/EM/06 Leg 5
Cruise period1977-09-27 — 1977-10-10
StatusCompleted
Port of departureAberdeen, United Kingdom
Port of returnLeith, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesPart of CSNU regional sampling prog. Shallow sampling of Scottish continental shelf.

Complete other routine samples, then move on to unsampled sheets.
Chief scientistRichard Holmes (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh)
Cruise reportEmerald 77/EM/06 Leg 5 cruise report emerald06_77_leg5.pdf (1.40 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SpecificScottish continental shelf north and east of Scotland: Forties, Peterhead, East Shetlands Area and East Orkney. Samples taken between 55 and 61 N, and 5 W and 2 E.
Track chartsEmerald 77/EM/06 Leg 5 cruise track — trk2134.html
Measurements 
Geology and geophysics 
GrabQuantity: number of stations = 157
Core - rockQuantity: number of stations = 157
Core - soft bottomQuantity: number of stations = 157
Core - soft bottomQuantity: number of cores = 11
Description: vibrocore
Gravity measurementsQuantity: number of stations = 157