RRS John Murray JM6/72
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS John Murray (74MJ) |
| Cruise identifier | JM6/72 |
| Cruise period | 1972-04-21 — 1972-05-30 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| 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. |
| Chief scientist | David E Cartwright (National Institute of Oceanography) |
| Cruise report |  (0.54 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Track charts | (0.03 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | Description: 5x27 days |
| Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) | Description: 90 days 3x27 days sea bed pressure |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Dredge | Quantity: number of deployments = 143 |
| Grab | |
| Bottom photography | Quantity: number of deployments = 4 |
