RRS Shackleton S3/80 Leg 10
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Shackleton (74SF) |
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| Cruise identifier | S3/80 Leg 10 |
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| Cruise period | 1980-08-28 — 1980-09-08 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Port of departure | Dundee, United Kingdom |
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| Port of return | Dundee, United Kingdom |
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| Purpose | Research |
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| Objectives | The vessel sailed from Dundee with the objective of completeing the work in the main survey areas, to run a transit line along the track of a digital sparkrer survey completed earlier. The first objective was completed in siz datys, lines 51-56. The transit line number 57 was then run giving excellent correlation with the digital sparker records. Lines 58-67 were run but time limited the proposed programme. A total of 1280km were surveyed. |
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| Chief scientist | A Dobinson (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh) |
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| Project | 80/03 |
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| Coordinating body | NERC |
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| Cruise report | (0.76 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
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| Track charts | |
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| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
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| Seismic refraction | Quantity: track kilometres = 1280 Description: geophysical survey |
| Gravity measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 1280 Description: geophysical survey |