RRS Charles Darwin CD36
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Charles Darwin (74AB) |
| Cruise identifier | CD36 |
| Cruise period | 1988-12-01 — 1988-12-28 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Valparaiso, Chile |
| Port of return | Punta Arenas, Chile |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To discover how the continental margin of Chile has reacted to the subduction of an actively spreading ocean ridge (the Chile Ridge). To accomplish this, the cruise was to survey the region of subduction of the active ridge, just north of the Taitao Peninsula, the area to the north where subduction of the ridge has not yet occurred, and the area to the south where subduction has taken place between 14 and 3 my ago. |
| Chief scientist | Graham K Westbrook (University of Birmingham Department of Geological Sciences) |
| Cruise report |  (0.56 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | South East Pacific Ocean (limit 140W) |
| Specific | Pacific (West of Chile) |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single-beam echosounding | Quantity: track kilometres = 9000 |
| Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: track kilometres = 9000 |
| Single channel seismic reflection | Quantity: track kilometres = 5000 |
| Gravity measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 7500 |
| Magnetic measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 8500 |
