RRS Shackleton S2/72
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Shackleton (74SF) |
| Cruise identifier | S2/72 |
| Cruise period | 1972-06-15 — 1972-07-05 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Gibraltar, Gibraltar |
| Port of return | Gibraltar, Gibraltar |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Geophysical and geological work in the vicinity of the Horseshoe seamounts, 400 miles west of Gibraltar. |
| Chief scientist | Drummond Hoyle Matthews (University of Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences) |
| Cruise report |  (0.17 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Atlantic Ocean |
| Specific | Horseshoe seamounts |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Core - rock | Quantity: number of cores = 41 Description: short cores take in shallow water |
| In-situ seafloor measurement/sampling | Quantity: number of deployments = 3 Description: magnetic properties; self potential measurements on bottom. |
| Multi-beam echosounding | Quantity: activity duration in days = 20 Description: bathymetry for all track |
| Gravity measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 2889.12 |
| Magnetic measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 2889 Description: magnetometer for most of track |
