Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | HMS Endurance (74ED) |
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Cruise identifier | End_767 |
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Cruise period | 1976-12-10 — 1977-01-07 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Stanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
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Port of return | Stanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | The cruise is concerned with a geophysical and geochemical study of the Earth's crust in the Scotia Sea region. The work undertaken this season involved two separate projects:
1) Recovery of an automatic seismograph established on South Thule island in January 1976.
2) Magnetometer survey during passages within the Scotia Sea including 2 grid surveys in the Central and East Scotia Sea. |
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Chief scientist | Ian A Hill (University of Birmingham Department of Geological Sciences) |
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Project | Marine Geophysics Cruise-Scotia Sea |
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Cruise report | (0.06 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | South Atlantic Ocean |
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Specific | Southern Ocean |
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Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
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Measurements | |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Multi-beam echosounding | Description: Echo-sounding surveys took place during the cruise.
No. of surveys not noted. |
Magnetic measurements | Description: The Varian Magnetometer was deployed throughout the cruise and a number of measurements collected.
No. of measurements not noted. |