Ferder 78/5 Leg 2
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name | Ferder |
| Cruise identifier | 78/5 Leg 2 |
| Cruise period | 1978-05-12 — 1978-05-26 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The purpose of this leg was to continue the programme of drilling selected priority sites, and if necessary bad weather sites, initiated during the first leg in which pre-Quaternary rocks would be encountered. These sites occur mainly between the north of Lewis and the Shetlands. Fugro re-entry system; NEC gas recorder; drill.
5 sites were occupied were boreholes were drilled: site 97, 78/4; site 9, 78/5; site 18A, 78/6; site 17, 78/7; and site 66, 78/8. Borehole 78/6 wasn't completed due to drilling difficulties. |
| Chief scientist | John A Chesher (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh) |
| Cruise report |  (2.53 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Track charts | (0.59 MB)  |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| In-situ seafloor measurement/sampling | Quantity: number of stations = 5 Description: 5 sites with a borehole drilled at each |
