RRS Challenger CH7/76
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Challenger (74CH) |
| Cruise identifier | CH7/76 |
| Cruise period | 1976-05-01 — 1976-05-16 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Ardrossan, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The objectives of this cruise were geophysical surveying plus deployment of the Consub sea-bed sampling vehicle. Objectives were achieved, but significant time was lost due to a variety of technical problems with the Consub system. |
| Chief scientist | D A Ardus (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh) |
| Cruise report |  (0.21 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Track charts | (0.03 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Description: Shipek grab. |
| Core - rock | Description: Consub |
| Core - soft bottom | Description: Gravity coring |
