FV Devonian DEV_SEP79
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FV Devonian (746D) |
| Cruise identifier | DEV_SEP79 |
| Cruise period | 1979-08-31 — 1979-09-15 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Dartmouth, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Dartmouth, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To continue the study of sandware movement and sediment transport in relation to hydrodynamic conditions.
2. To continue the AUWE contract. 3. To test a system of self-recordng (EPROM) stakes. 4. To carry out trials with the Cardiff University underwater towed vehicle. |
| Chief scientist | D Nicholas Langhorne (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Taunton) |
| Cruise report |  (0.15 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: Sandwave movement and sediment transport was studied on the cruise. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single-beam echosounding | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: Sandwave movement and sediment transport was studied on the cruise. |
| Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: Sandwave movement and sediment transport was studied on the cruise. |
