Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RRS John Murray (74MJ) |
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Cruise identifier | JM6/72 |
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Cruise period | 1972-04-21 — 1972-05-30 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | To enable us to complete the northern end of a chain of tidal pressure and current recordings around the edge of the Continental Shelf, which we have been making piecemeal since 1968. |
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Chief scientist | David E Cartwright (National Institute of Oceanography) |
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Cruise report | (0.54 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Track charts | (0.03 MB) |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Current meters | Description: 5x27 days |
Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) | Description: 90 days 3x27 days sea bed pressure |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Dredge | Quantity: number of deployments = 143 |
Grab | |
Bottom photography | Quantity: number of deployments = 4 |