RRS Bransfield Bran_790
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Bransfield (74RD) |
| Cruise identifier | Bran_790 |
| Cruise period | 1980-01-04 — 1980-03-18 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Stanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
| Port of return | Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Magnetic recordings were carried out on passage lines between bases. More detailed surveying, with seismic reflection profiling was performed on the South Orkney block and its margins. |
| Chief scientist | R J Whittington (University of Wales Aberystwyth Department of Geology) |
| Project | Marine Geophysics Cruise - Scotia Sea |
| Cruise report |  (0.82 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | South Atlantic Ocean |
| Specific | Southern Ocean |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Magnetic measurements | Description: A number of magnetometer measurements were made throughout the cruise. No. of measurements not noted. |
