RRS Shackleton S3/79
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Shackleton (74SF) |
| Cruise identifier | S3/79 |
| Cruise period | 1979-03-27 — 1979-04-11 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | These were to follow up work carried out on RRS Shackleton cruises 5/76 and 4/77 to study in detail the crustal structure and geology of the continent-ocean boundary region west of Ireland. The boundary identified west of Goban Spur was to be traced northwards into the mouth of Rockall Trough. |
| Chief scientist | Roger A Scrutton (University of Edinburgh Department of Geology) |
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Meteorology | |
| Routine standard measurements | Quantity: activity duration in days = 25 Description: 6-hourly observations made by ship's officers. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 3 Description: physical analysis of sediments;paleontology |
| Multi-beam echosounding | Quantity: track kilometres = 2307.592 |
| Multichannel seismic reflection | Quantity: track kilometres = 1622.352 Description: Airgun plus 2-channel hydrophone array. |
| Gravity measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 2307.592 |
| Magnetic measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 1983.492 |
