RRS Challenger CH6/80
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Challenger (74CH) |
| Cruise identifier | CH6/80 |
| Cruise period | 1980-04-02 — 1980-04-16 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Ardrossan, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To complete the surveying programme started in the mouth of Rockall Trough on Shackleton Cruise 3/79 to investigate the shallow structure of the Trough to Porcupine Abyssal Plain, Porcupine Bank and Rockall Bank. |
| Chief scientist | Roger A Scrutton (University of Edinburgh Department of Geology) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | N.E. Atlantic |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single-beam echosounding | Quantity: track kilometres = 2500 Description: continuous throughout the cruise. |
| Single channel seismic reflection | Quantity: track kilometres = 2500 Description: continuous throughout the cruise. |
| Gravity measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 2500 Description: continuous throughout the cruise. |
| Magnetic measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 2500 Description: continuous throughout the cruise. |
