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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 |