MV Whitethorn 4/80 Leg 5
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | MV Whitethorn (74WT) |
| Cruise identifier | 4/80 Leg 5 |
| Cruise period | 1980-07-31 — 1980-08-13 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Leith, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | This was the final leg of a routine survey programme to complete geological investigation of the area 56° - 58° N from the east coast of Scotland to the Median Line. Standard sampling equipment was used: vibrocorer, gravity corer and shipek grab. The majority of the work undertaken was on the Devil's Hole Sheets. A total of 155 stations were occupied. |
| Chief scientist | John A Chesher (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh) |
| Project | 80/WH/04 |
| Coordinating body | British Geological Survey |
| Cruise report |  (5.39 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of stations = 155 Description: sample taking |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of stations = 155 Description: sample taking |
