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RRS Challenger CH4/78
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Challenger (74CH) |
| Cruise identifier | CH4/78 |
| Cruise period | 1978-03-03 — 1978-03-16 |
| Status | Completed |
| Objectives | Study of seabed sediments in the English Channel and continental shelf and slope to the SW of England. |
| Chief scientist | Douglas Hamilton (University of Bristol Geology Department) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel Bay of Biscay |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 5 Description: 130 hours |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 24 |
| Bottom photography | Quantity: number of deployments = 5 Description: bottom TV |
| Bottom photography | Quantity: number of deployments = 1 Description: bottom time lapse cine |
