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RRS Shackleton S1/75

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RRS Shackleton (74SF)
Cruise identifierS1/75
Cruise period1975-01-25 — 1975-02-09
StatusCompleted
Port of departureFreetown, Sierra Leone
Port of returnCape Town, South Africa
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesPrevious work off South West Africa had shown that extremely organic-rich sediments, with relatively high concentrations of certain trace elements, are accumulating on the middle part of the shelf. The objective of the cruise was to sample the sediments, both on the shelf and on the upper slope, for a detailed examination of the organic geochemistry and the association of trace metals and organic matter in these unusual sediments.
Chief scientistStephen E Calvert (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory)
Cruise reportRRS Shackleton S1/75 cruise report shackleton1_75.pdf (0.11 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralSouth East Atlantic Ocean (limit 20W)
Track chartsRRS Shackleton S1/75 cruise track — trk1342.html
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
BathythermographQuantity: number of profiles = 5
Geology and geophysics 
Core - soft bottomQuantity: number of cores = 12
Description: chemical analysis of sediments