Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name (ship code) | Sperus (74TJ) |
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| Cruise identifier | 7/77 Leg 11 |
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| Cruise period | 1977-08-26 — 1977-09-05 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Port of departure | Lerwick, United Kingdom |
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| Port of return | Dundee, United Kingdom |
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| Objectives | Geological and geophysical mapping of the UK Continental Shelf.
Little work was achieved due to bad weather. Gravity measurements were made on all lines which will be incorporated in a gravity map of the North Sea. |
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| Chief scientist | Michael C Tully (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh) |
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| Cruise report | (18.20 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Norwegian Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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| Specific | North Sea |
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| Track charts | (0.39 MB) (0.21 MB) (0.70 MB) |
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| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
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| Single-beam echosounding | Description: regional geophysical survey |
| Long/short range side scan sonar | Description: regional geophysical survey |
| Single channel seismic reflection | Description: pinger; regional geophysical survey |
| Multichannel seismic reflection | Description: wide angle reflection.Format: seismic graphic recorder. Regional geophysical survey |
| Gravity measurements | Description: regional geophysical survey |
| Magnetic measurements | Description: regional geophysical survey |