MV Whitethorn 8/81leg6
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | MV Whitethorn (74WT) |
| Cruise identifier | 8/81leg6 |
| Cruise period | 1981-06-11 — 1981-06-24 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Leith, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Geology. Legs 1-6, 12-14. Principal scientists were: Chesher, Owens, Evans and Fyfe. CSU = CSU II Edinburgh
Leg 6: The aim of this cruise was to carry out a preliminary shallow sampling survey on the Fladen sheet as part of the I.G.S. regional mapping programme. A 6-metre vibrocorer was employed at intersections of proposed geophysics lines and a 1.5 m gravity sediment corer at intermediate locations on these proposed lines. In addition a close-spaced gravity corer survey was carried out across a trench in the northeast corner of the Bosies Bank sheet. |
| Chief scientist | J Alan Fyfe (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh) |
| Cruise report |  (6.26 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Bosie's Bank Sheet, Fladen Sheet |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of stations = 149 Description: Shipek grab and winch |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of stations = 43 Description: 20 foot Vibrocorer System. Average recovery cf 4.6m |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of stations = 106 Description: 5 foot Gravity Sediment Corer. Fitted with a 4" barrel, effective penetration up to 0.2m was possible |
