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Steelfish SF2/74

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship nameSteelfish
Cruise identifierSF2/74
Cruise period1973-10-01 — 1973-10-31
StatusCompleted
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesThe mandate of the present project was to locate 15-20 million cubic meters of arenaceous sediment in the sand to gravel range.
Chief scientistC E Deegan (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh), Daniel Evans (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh)
Cruise reportSteelfish SF2/74 cruise report sf2_74.pdf (4.25 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
Measurements 
Geology and geophysics 
DredgeQuantity: number of deployments = 89
Description: sampling in a grid pattern
Core - soft bottomQuantity: number of cores = 88
Description: physical/chemical analysis of sediments
Single channel seismic reflection