RRS Discovery D225B
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Discovery (74E3) |
| Cruise identifier | D225B |
| Cruise period | 1997-02-24 — 1997-03-07 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Funchal, Portugal |
| Port of return | Vigo, Spain |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To complete the testing of the giant piston corer and collect sediment cores from the Agadir Basin, Gulf of Cadiz and Portuguese Margin. |
| Chief scientist | Philip P E Weaver (Southampton Oceanography Centre) |
| Project | STEAM |
| Coordinating body | EC MAST II |
| Cruise report |  (5.38 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Gulf of Gadiz, Portuguese Margin, Agadir Basin |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 1 Description: Giant piston core sample taken at 31deg 06.84'N 15deg 50.81'W - 13m length |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 3 Description: Giant piston core samples taken at 32deg 23.02'N 15deg 17.00'W - 25m lengths |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 1 Description: Giant piston core sample taken at 32deg 59.31'N 13deg 56.80'W - 10m length |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 5 Description: Giant piston core samples taken at 31deg 30.03'N 16deg 11.94'W - 16m lengths |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 1 Description: Giant piston core sample taken at 36deg 15.00'N 07deg 43.97'W - 10m length |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 1 Description: Giant piston core sample taken at 36deg 41.42'N 08deg 37.97'W - 8m length |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 2 Description: Giant piston core samples taken at 34deg 00.20'N 13deg 00.00'W - 8m lengths |
