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RRS Discovery D154_1
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Discovery (74E3) |
| Cruise identifier | D154_1 |
| Cruise period | 1984-12-08 — 1984-12-30 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Gibraltar, Gibraltar |
| Port of return | Stanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
| Purpose | Passage |
| Objectives | Passage leg with some geophysical work in the vicinity of the Cape Verde Islands and routine XBT drops for IOS. |
| Chief scientist | Peter F Barker (University of Birmingham Department of Geological Sciences) |
| Cruise report | |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | South Atlantic Ocean |
| Track charts | |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Bathythermograph | Quantity: number of profiles = 33 Description: XBT |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Gravity measurements | |
| Magnetic measurements |


