RRS Charles Darwin CD20
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Charles Darwin (74AB) |
| Cruise identifier | CD20 |
| Cruise period | 1987-01-31 — 1987-02-27 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Mombasa, Kenya |
| Port of return | Muscat, Oman |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To study sedimentary processes and recent history of the Indus Fan; plus brief survey of part of Makran Margin. INDUS F |
| Chief scientist | Neil H Kenyon (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.34 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Arabian Sea |
| Specific | Arabian Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Multi-beam echosounding | Quantity: track kilometres = 5500 |
| Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: track kilometres = 4830 Description: GLORIA: Geological Long Range Inclined Asdic |
| Single channel seismic reflection | Quantity: track kilometres = 3580 Description: 160 cu. inch Bolt airgun & 3.5kHz |
| Gravity measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 11112 |
| Magnetic measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 10186 |
