Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RRS Bransfield (74RD) |
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Cruise identifier | Bran_789 |
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Cruise period | 1978-12-29 — 1979-05-07 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Stanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
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Port of return | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | Geophysical data acquisition. Magnetic reading was carried out on passage lines between Antarctic bases with a more detailed survey, including some seismic reflection profiling, being performed on the boundary between the South American and Antarctic plates east of the South Sandwich Islands. |
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Chief scientist | Peter F Barker (University of Birmingham Department of Geological Sciences) |
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Project | Marine Geophysics Cruise - Scotia Sea |
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Cruise report | (5.11 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | South Atlantic Ocean |
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Specific | Southern Ocean |
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Measurements | |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Multi-beam echosounding | Description: Echo-sounding and reflection profiling took place during the cruise.
No. of profiles not noted. |
Seismic refraction | Description: Echo-sounding and reflection profiling took place during the cruise.
No. of profiles not noted. |
Magnetic measurements | Description: A number of magnetometer deployment trials took place during the cruise.
No. of trials not noted. |