RRS John Murray JM16/77
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS John Murray (74MJ) |
| Cruise identifier | JM16/77 |
| Cruise period | 1977-12-08 — 1977-12-21 |
| Status | Completed |
| Chief scientist | G Farrow (University of Glasgow Department of Geology) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 15 Description: surface only |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 3 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 15 |
| Contamination | |
| Bottom deposits | Quantity: number of stations = 26 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Benthic bacteria/micro-organisms | Quantity: number of samples = 7 |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of stations = 26 Description: survey:population,behaviour,biomass determination etc. |
| Molluscs | Quantity: number of stations = 26 |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of stations = 26 |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Dredge | Quantity: number of deployments = 10 |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 6 |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 26 Description: physical/chemical analysis;paleomagnetism |
| Bottom photography | Quantity: number of deployments = 12 |
| Single-beam echosounding | Quantity: track kilometres = 370 |
| Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: track kilometres = 370 |
| Single channel seismic reflection | Quantity: track kilometres = 370 |
