RRS Discovery D51 Leg 2
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Discovery (74E3) |
| Cruise identifier | D51 Leg 2 |
| Cruise period | 1972-11-15 — 1972-12-07 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Gibraltar, Gibraltar |
| Port of return | Gibraltar, Gibraltar |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. TSD survey and float tracking on the Rhone Fan
2. Coring, air gun profiles and dredging in the Tyrrhenian Sea (Southampton University, Department of Geology) 3. Magnetometer profiles on passage |
| Chief scientist | James Crease (National Institute of Oceanography) |
| Cruise report |  (1.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Mediterranean Sea |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Meteorology | |
| Occasional standard measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 38 Description: geology and physical oceanography |
