Cape Shore 78/CS/06 Leg 3
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name | Cape Shore |
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Cruise identifier | 78/CS/06 Leg 3 |
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Cruise period | 1978-05-19 — 1978-06-01 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Lerwick, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Lerwick, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | Objective:
To vibrocore, gravity core and grab sample in the Cormorant 1:250 000 sheet.
The weather was generally good with only 9 hours lost to rough seas. 128 station sites were occupied in water depths exceeding 300m, with the deepest vibrocore site being about 225m. |
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Chief scientist | Daniel Evans (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh) |
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Cruise report | (2.57 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea Norwegian Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Specific | Cormorant |
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Measurements | |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Grab | Quantity: number of stations = 85 Description: Shipek grab sediment samples collected |
Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of stations = 43 Description: vibrocores collected |
Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of stations = 85 Description: gravity cores collected |