RRS Charles Darwin CD8
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Charles Darwin (74AB) |
| Cruise identifier | CD8 |
| Cruise period | 1985-10-08 — 1985-11-12 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Mindelo, Cape Verde |
| Port of return | Funchal, Portugal |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Geological investigations of ocean floor using active dredges, piston corer and underway measurements |
| Chief scientist | Ian A Hill (University of Leicester Department of Geology) |
| Cruise report |  (0.74 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Cape Verdes Islands |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Dredge | Quantity: number of hauls = 14 |
| Multi-beam echosounding | Quantity: track kilometres = 7435 |
| Single channel seismic reflection | Quantity: track kilometres = 933 |
| Multichannel seismic reflection | Quantity: track kilometres = 2164.988 |
| Seismic refraction | Quantity: number of stations = 13 Description: ocean bottom seismometers |
| Gravity measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 8606.244 |
| Magnetic measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 8606.244 |
