RRS Shackleton S6/79
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Shackleton (74SF) |
| Cruise identifier | S6/79 |
| Cruise period | 1979-07-07 — 1979-07-30 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To study the transition form continental crust to oceanic crust beneath the continental margin in the South Western Approaches sometimes known as the Armorican margin of the Bay of Biscay. It was especially intented to examine the nature of the continent-ocean boundary and the variation in thickness and properties of the deep continental crust beneath the rise. |
| Chief scientist | David G Roberts (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.83 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Bay of Biscay |
| Track charts | (0.05 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Multi-beam echosounding | Quantity: track kilometres = 2778 |
| Seismic refraction | Quantity: track kilometres = 2037 |
