RV Simon Stevin 19-570
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Simon Stevin (11SS) |
| Cruise identifier | 19-570 |
| Cruise period | 2019-09-08 — 2019-09-12 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Ostend, Belgium |
| Port of return | Ostend, Belgium |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | This cruise is taking place in the framework of the collaborative project "Deep History: Revealing the palaeo-landscape of the southern North Sea" aimed at a reconstruction of the late Quaternary palaeolandscape in the southern North Sea (palaeo-fluvial system, proglacial lake, Holocene drowning) and the relation to possible prehistoric human occupation. In April 2018 a first seismic reconnaissance survey was carried out in the larger Brown Bank area which resulted in a unique dataset of unprecedented quality. The main aim of this 2019 Simon Stevin campaign is to take shallow vibrocores on a number of well-chosen locations. In view of the high accuracy and resolution of the seismic data dynamic positioning during coring is crucial. In addition to the vibrocores, also seismic data (sparker, SES Quattro) will be recorded (possibly also simultaneous with multibeam). |
| Chief scientist | Tine Missiaen (Flanders Marine Institute) |
| Cruise report |  (1.77 MB) |
| NPRC | (0.24 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Southern North Sea |
