Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RRS Shackleton (74SF) |
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Cruise identifier | S126 |
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Cruise period | 1982-03-18 — 1982-04-03 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Ponta Delgada, Portugal |
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Port of return | Gibraltar, Gibraltar |
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Purpose | Research |
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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. |
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Chief scientist | Tim J G Francis (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (1.02 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Meteorology | |
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Atmospheric chemistry | Description: the collection of total atmospheric particulates from the lower troposphere |
Geology and geophysics | |
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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 |