RRS Shackleton S4/73
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Shackleton (74SF) |
| Cruise identifier | S4/73 |
| Cruise period | 1973-05-08 — 1973-06-04 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Ponta Delgada, Portugal |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The main purpose of this cruise was to place an array of thress Ocean Bottom Seismographs on the sea floor in the FAMOUS area and allow them to record there simultaneously for as long as possible. Thanks to generally good weather and no major setbacks this was achieved. |
| Chief scientist | Tim J G Francis (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.24 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Azores |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Dredge | Quantity: number of deployments = 6 Description: FAMOUS area, 37N;38W |
| Multi-beam echosounding | Description: measured throughout the cruise |
| Seismic refraction | Quantity: 6 Description: FAMOUS area, 37N;38W;3 ocean bottom seismographs |
| Magnetic measurements | Description: survey of the biscay triple junction for 5 days;also measured throughout the cruise |
