RRS Discovery D123B
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Discovery (74E3) |
| Cruise identifier | D123B |
| Cruise period | 1981-08-26 — 1981-09-10 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Bergen, Norway |
| Port of return | Immingham, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. Investigation of the morphology of the continental slope to the west of Norway with particular reference to the major slump structures at Storegga and south of Bear Island in the Barents Sea.
2. Investigation of the morphology of the deep water coral banks on the continental margin to the west of Norway. 3. Operational trials of the new digital correlator for the GLORIA system. 4. Intercomparison trials of the new 80/90 kHz and 245/255 kHz side-scan sonars. |
| Chief scientist | John B Wilson (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.36 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Barents Sea Norwegian Sea |
| Specific | Storegga; Bear Island |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Meteorology | |
| Routine standard measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single-beam echosounding | |
| Long/short range side scan sonar | |
| Single channel seismic reflection |
