Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name (ship code) | RRS John Murray (74MJ) |
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| Cruise identifier | JM5/79 |
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| Cruise period | 1979-05-02 — 1979-05-15 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Purpose | Research |
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| Objectives | 1) Laying current meters on the South Falls sandbank
2) Data of the sea using multi-electrode sparker, boomer, side-scan sonar and echo sounder. |
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| Chief scientist | Brian D'Olier (City of London Polytechnic, Department of Geology) |
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| Cruise report | (0.02 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel North Sea |
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| Track charts | |
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| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
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| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 1 Description: 14 hours |
| Geology and geophysics | |
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| Core - rock | Quantity: number of cores = 10 |
| Single-beam echosounding | Quantity: track kilometres = 648 |
| Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: track kilometres = 648 |
| Single channel seismic reflection | Quantity: track kilometres = 648 |