RRS Shackleton S126
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Shackleton (74SF) |
| Cruise identifier | S126 |
| Cruise period | 1982-03-18 — 1982-04-03 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Ponta Delgada, Portugal |
| Port of return | Gibraltar, Gibraltar |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Study of sediments and sedimentary processes in the Canary Basin. Continuation of RRS Discovery cruise D126 on RRS Shackleton due to mechanical problems with the former. |
| 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) |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Meteorology | |
| Atmospheric chemistry | Description: the collection of total atmospheric particulates from the lower troposphere |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 7 Description: Kastenlot and gravity cores. |
| Bottom photography | Quantity: number of deployments = 1 Description: benthic survey camera |
| Single-beam echosounding | Quantity: activity duration in days = 14 Description: 3.5 kHz and PES survey |
| Single channel seismic reflection | Quantity: activity duration in days = 14 Description: 3.5 kHz and PES survey |
| Other geological/geophysical measurements | Quantity: number of deployments = 2 Description: heat flow probe |
