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British Enterprise IV 84:BE:0B Leg2

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship nameBritish Enterprise IV
Cruise identifier84:BE:0B Leg2
Cruise period1984-08-15 — 1984-08-29
StatusCompleted
Port of departureScrabster, United Kingdom
Port of returnKyle of Lochalsh, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesBGS charter - Routine sampling

The second leg had originally been planned as a routine sampling leg. Delays in the ship mobilisation however resulted in most of the leg being devoted to the completion of the mobilisation and operational trials. The planned operational area included continental shelf waters as well as the upper part of the continental slope with depths down to 1200m. The operational trials were therefore required to devise practical methods of working in deep water. These were achieved for vibrocoring in water depths down to 500m.
Chief scientistNigel G T Fannin (British Geological Survey, Edinburgh)
Cruise reportBritish Enterprise IV 84:BE:0B Leg2 cruise report british_enterprise_four84leg2.pdf (6.28 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SpecificUK Continental Shelf and Slope off NE Scotland
Track chartsBritish Enterprise IV 84:BE:0B Leg2 cruise track — trk3021.html