Moray Firth IV Aug 67 Irish Sea Survey
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | Moray Firth IV (74MF) |
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Cruise identifier | Aug 67 Irish Sea Survey |
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Cruise period | 1967-08-06 — 1967-09-01 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Liverpool, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Liverpool, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | Geophysical survey to provide data on:
(a) Localities where solid rocks crop out on the sea bed or where superficial deposits are thin; test localities to be sampled by coring devices
(b) Thickness, structural and lithological variations in the superficial, unconsolidated deposits
(c) Structure in solid rock formations |
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Chief scientist | Michael C Tully (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh), R McQuillin (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh) |
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Cruise report | (10.65 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
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Specific | North Irish Sea between Cumbria/Lancashire and Isle of Man |
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Measurements | |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 122 Description: Shipek grab, |
Core - rock | Quantity: 6 Description: Rock drills. |
Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 49 Description: Gravity cores |