MV Whitethorn 82/WH/05 Leg 4
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | MV Whitethorn (74WT) |
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Cruise identifier | 82/WH/05 Leg 4 |
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Cruise period | 1982-05-13 — 1982-05-26 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Scrabster, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | Geology. CSU = CSU II Edinburgh
Leg 4:
This leg continued the work of Legs 2 and 3 obtaining sea bed samples and sediments cores of the area. The data will be used to prepare the reconnaissance geology maps of sea bed sediments and Quaternary deposits. |
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Chief scientist | Nigel G T Fannin (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh) |
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Cruise report | (4.96 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Specific | Rona Sheet |
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Measurements | |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Grab | Quantity: number of stations = 194 Description: Grab and gravity core stations. A number of gravity cores were obtained from deeper water at the top of the continental slope in the NW part of the area |
Core - rock | Quantity: number of stations = 2 |
Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of stations = 147 |
Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of stations = 45 Description: Anchored 6M Vibrocorer sites |
Geophysical measurements made at depth | Quantity: number of stations = 13 Description: Echosounder used |