RRS Challenger CH5/80
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Challenger (74CH) |
| Cruise identifier | CH5/80 |
| Cruise period | 1980-03-11 — 1980-03-26 |
| Status | Completed |
| Objectives | Study of the geology of the continental slope in the Western Approaches. |
| Chief scientist | Douglas Hamilton (University of Bristol Geology Department) |
| Cruise report |  (0.02 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Celtic Sea |
| Specific | N. Bay of Biscay |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 11 Description: 136 hours;No. of current meters deployed also 11 recovered. |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of deployments = 3 Description: Camera and time lapse, cine-photographs |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of deployments = 3 Description: Vertical Gradient Unit(VGU) |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of deployments = 7 |
| Single channel seismic reflection | Quantity: track kilometres = 190 |
