Moray Firth IV Oct68
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Moray Firth IV (74MF) |
| Cruise identifier | Oct68 |
| Cruise period | 1968-10-30 — 1968-11-24 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Hull, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To investigate the geological structure and geological history of the Eastern English Channel by geological and geophysical methods. |
| Chief scientist | Andrew J Smith (University College London, Department of Geology) |
| Cruise report |  (3.14 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel |
| Specific | English Channel |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of stations = 56 Description: Shipek grab. |
| Core - rock | Quantity: number of stations = 32 Description: Free fall corer used to collect rock samples. |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 16 |
| Long/short range side scan sonar | Description: Bath side-scan sonar. |
| Single channel seismic reflection | Description: Sparker survey |
| Magnetic measurements | Description: Magnetometer sampling. |
