Researcher 5B/71 Leg1
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Researcher (3175) |
| Cruise identifier | 5B/71 Leg1 |
| Cruise period | 1971-07-31 — 1971-08-07 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Stornoway, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Stornoway, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Continue geophysical investigations west to the Shetland-Hebridean region. Main objective is to complete the work originally intented for the 1970 cruise.
Observe a series of east-west geophysical lines. Investigatethe structure of the region to the west of the margin, emphasis on the structure of the Wyville-Thomson Ridge and the region between Bailey Bank and the margin. |
| Chief scientist | Martin H P Bott (University of Durham, Department of Geological Sciences) |
| Cruise report |  (0.26 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | West of the Hebrides and Shetland |
| Track charts | (0.03 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single channel seismic reflection | Quantity: number of surveys = 27 Description: geophysical lines - sparker |
| Gravity measurements | Quantity: number of surveys = 27 Description: geophysical lines - gravity |
| Magnetic measurements | Quantity: number of surveys = 27 Description: geophysical lines - magnetometer |
| Other geological/geophysical measurements | Quantity: number of surveys = 27 Description: geophysical lines - bathymetry |
