RRS Discovery D126
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Discovery (74E3) |
| Cruise identifier | D126 |
| Cruise period | 1982-03-04 — 1982-03-16 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Gibraltar, Gibraltar |
| Port of return | Ponta Delgada, Portugal |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To study sediments and sedimentary processes in the Canary Basin. Also, it was part of a two-way seismic experiment, in which it would be the receiving ship. Cruise was terminated due to mechanical failure and activities transferred to RRS Shackleton under the designation S126. |
| Chief scientist | Tim J G Francis (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (1.02 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Central N. Atlantic |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Meteorology | |
| Routine standard measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 1 Description: physical analysis;paleontology;geothermy |
| Single-beam echosounding | Quantity: activity duration in days = 12 Description: 3.5 kHz and PES |
| Single channel seismic reflection | Quantity: activity duration in days = 12 Description: 3.5 kHz and PES |
| Magnetic measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 2222.4 |
| Other geological/geophysical measurements | Quantity: number of deployments = 2 Description: high resolution deep profiler |
| Other geological/geophysical measurements | Quantity: number of deployments = 1 Description: heat flow probe |
