RV Farnella 5/82
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Farnella (74AE) |
| Cruise identifier | 5/82 |
| Cruise period | 1982-01-02 — 1982-01-19 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belem, Brazil |
| Port of return | Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. The main objective was to make a long-range side scan sonar study of the morphology of the Amazon Cone, and in particular the distributory channel patterns on the middle and upper fan.
2. A secondary objective was to investigate the southernmost part of the tectonically deformed Barbados Outer Ridge using long-range side scan sonar. |
| Chief scientist | John E Damuth (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory), Robert H Belderson (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.21 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North West Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) Caribbean Sea |
| Specific | N.W. Atlantic/ N.E. Atlantic |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Multi-beam echosounding | Quantity: track kilometres = 4504 |
| Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: track kilometres = 4504 |
| Single channel seismic reflection | Quantity: track kilometres = 4148 |
