Sperus 15/79
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Sperus (74TJ) |
| Cruise identifier | 15/79 |
| Cruise period | 1979-08-15 — 1979-08-20 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lerwick, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Geology
The aim of project 15/79 was completion of regional geophysical coverage of the Bosies Bank sheet, on a grid of NS-EW lines at approximately 10km by 10km spacing. 570km data was collected 5 lines of good quality gravity data Magnetometer |
| Chief scientist | Michael C Tully (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh) |
| Cruise report |  (9.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single-beam echosounding | Quantity: number of surveys = 5 Description: 570km of data collected |
| Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: number of surveys = 5 Description: format 0 is seismic analogue paper record |
| Single channel seismic reflection | Quantity: number of surveys = 5 Description: format 0 is seismic analogue paper record |
| Seismic refraction | Quantity: number of surveys = 5 Description: sparker;1319nm airgun;1131nm boomer |
| Gravity measurements | Quantity: number of surveys = 5 Description: 570km of data collected |
| Magnetic measurements | Quantity: number of surveys = 5 Description: 570km of data collected |
