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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 |