Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name (ship code) | RRS John Murray (74MJ) |
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| Cruise identifier | JM7/73 |
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| Cruise period | 1973-07-17 — 1973-08-01 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Objectives | Marine geology studies in the Western Approaches |
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| Chief scientist | Douglas Hamilton (University of Bristol Geology Department) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Celtic Sea |
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| Specific | 48-51N;05-11W |
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| Track charts | |
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| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
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| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 1 Description: velocity gradient unit;2 plessey current meter |
| Geology and geophysics | |
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| Dredge | Quantity: number of deployments = 3 |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 2 |
| Core - rock | Quantity: number of cores = 10 Description: 6 cores with umel corer and 4 cores with free-fall corer |
| Bottom photography | Quantity: number of deployments = 6 |
| Multi-beam echosounding | Quantity: track kilometres = 2038 |
| Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: track kilometres = 2038 |
| Single channel seismic reflection | Quantity: track kilometres = 2038 |