Ferder 77/8 Leg 1
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name | Ferder |
| Cruise identifier | 77/8 Leg 1 |
| Cruise period | 1977-06-07 — 1977-06-26 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Bergen, Norway |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1977 Drilling Programme.
The main purpose of the first leg of the cruise was to study the Quaternary sequences of the North Sea in the area of Forties and Brent. Boreholes at 3 sites (77/75, 77/79, 77/80) were drilled to total depth - 2 boreholes (77/75 & 77/79) logged using a natural gamma probe. |
| Chief scientist | Nigel G T Fannin (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh) |
| Cruise report |  (6.84 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| In-situ seafloor measurement/sampling | Quantity: number of stations = 3 Description: drilling - 3 boreholes drilled to total depth |
