MV Whitethorn 75/WH/21
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | MV Whitethorn (74WT) |
| Cruise identifier | 75/WH/21 |
| Cruise period | 1975-07-31 — 1975-08-15 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Leith, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Conduct a programme of profile coring across a number of pre-selected pockmark sites. In addition to sedimentological examination, samples were to be analysed for gas content. |
| Chief scientist | D A Ardus (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh) |
| Cruise report |  (3.19 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 48 Description: physical analysis of sediments;paleontology |
| In-situ seafloor measurement/sampling | Quantity: 48 Description: engineering properties |
| Single-beam echosounding | Quantity: 100 |
| Single channel seismic reflection | Quantity: 50 |
