RRS Challenger CH7/85
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Challenger (74CH) |
| Cruise identifier | CH7/85 |
| Cruise period | 1985-07-16 — 1985-08-09 |
| Status | Completed |
| Objectives | Sediment investigation |
| Chief scientist | Geoffrey S Boulton (University of Edinburgh Department of Geology) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | S.E. Iceland |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: track kilometres = 1480 |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 24 |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of stations = 11 Description: 8 c.m.recovered after 8 days;60 days |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 18 |
| Bottom photography | Quantity: number of deployments = 10 |
| Single-beam echosounding | Quantity: track kilometres = 1480 |
| Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: track kilometres = 90 |
| Single channel seismic reflection | Quantity: track kilometres = 1120 |
