MV Whitethorn 10/80
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | MV Whitethorn (74WT) |
| Cruise identifier | 10/80 |
| Cruise period | 1980-10-22 — 1980-11-05 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Leith, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Ardrossan, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The purpose of this cruise was to complete the sampling programme carried out earlier this year in the region from the Aberdeenshire coast to the median line between 56° N and 58° N. The particular sheets still requiring completion were Marr Bank SE and Peterhead NE. The sampling equipment used consisted of a vibrocorer, gravity corer and shipek grab. This leg was also to be used to provide an opportunity for trials of the vibrocorer from a 'live' ship. |
| Chief scientist | John A Chesher (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh) |
| Cruise report |  (2.26 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | North Sea/West Scotland |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 73 |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 73 |
