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RRS Charles Darwin CD107
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RRS Charles Darwin (74AB) |
Cruise identifier | CD107 |
Cruise period | 1997-08-20 — 1997-09-03 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Fairlie, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Southampton, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. To map the seabed topography using swath bathymetry.
2. To deploy long moorings comprising sediment traps, transmissometers and current meters. 3. To obtain samples of the seabed using box- and multi-coring techniques. 4. To obtain background CTD information. |
Chief scientist | Kevin S Black (Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory) |
Project | BENBO |
Cruise report | (0.59 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Atlantic Ocean |
Specific | Mouth of Rockall Trough; Hatton-Rockall Basin; Flank of Feni Drift |
Track charts | (0.10 MB) |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
CTD stations | Quantity: number of deployments = 3 Description: CTD deployments Site: A Depth range: 3574-3588m |
CTD stations | Quantity: number of deployments = 2 Description: CTD deployments Site: B Depth range: 1100-1115m |
CTD stations | Quantity: number of deployments = 2 Description: CTD deployments Site: C Depth range: 1950-2040m |
Biology and fisheries | |
Sediment traps | Quantity: number of samples = 22 Description: 22 sediment sampling traps. |
Moorings, landers, buoys | |
Geology and geophysics | |
Core - soft bottom | 52° 55' 4" N 16° 55' 1" W — Site A; Mouth of Rockall Trough Water Depth: 3580m Deployments: Multicore 1 Multicore 2 Multicore 3 Box Core 1 |
Core - soft bottom | 57° 25' 29" N 15° 40' 58" W — Site B; Hatton-Rockall Basin Water Depth: 1100 Deployments: Multicore 1 Multicore 2 Multicore 3 Box Core 1 |
Core - soft bottom | 57° 6' 0" N 12° 30' 54" W — Site C; Flank of Feni Drift Water Depth: 1920 Deployments: Multicore 1 Multicore 2 Multicore 3 Box Core 1 |
Data held at BODC | |
Discrete samples | |
7 CTD frame plus rosette sampler | |
4 Instrument mooring |