RV Belgica 2020-10
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Belgica (11BE) |
| Cruise identifier | 2020-10 |
| Cruise period | 2020-03-30 — 2020-04-10 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Zeebrugge, Belgium |
| Port of return | Zeebrugge, Belgium |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Mapping the buried paleolandscapes of the late Quaternary in the southern/central North Sea: river systems, proglacial lake(s) and their possible outflow towards the Dover Strait. After a first reconnaissance survey in 2018 which largely focused on the Brown Bank area this follow‐up survey in 2019 intends to further map the surrounding region as well as to perform detailed mapping of certain targeted areas with archaeological potential. |
| Chief scientist | Tine Missiaen (Flanders Marine Institute) |
| NPRC |  (1.29 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | British and Dutch continental shelves (52°26'N – 54°32'N, 01°58'E – 03°52'E) |
