Scheduled Cruises in 2004

Summary of a cruise on margins research (UK.041)

Location and cruise identifier :    Lisbon-Setubal Canyons, Portuguese Margin, NE. Atlantic ; SME43

Research ship :   Charles Darwin

Sails :    28th May 2004 from ; Tenerife, SPAIN

Docks :    12th June 2004 to ; Lisbon, PORTUGAL

Duration :    13 Days

Principal Scientist/Investigator :   Prof. Phil Weaver

Laboratory :   Southampton Oceanography Centre  (SOC)

Other investigators :   

E-mail contact for further information :   

Website :   EUROSTRATAFORM

Equipment :   High resolution seismics (boomer and chirp) + very high resolution (5m) swath in upper 1000m. TOBI in canyon mouth. Coring: box, multi and piston.

Image extracted from the GEBCO
Digital Atlas published by the
British Oceanographic Data Centre
on behalf of IOC and IHO, 2003.
    Fig - The Lisbon and Nazare Canyons,  Portuguese Margin.

Scientific objectives :    To investigate the sedimentary processes operative in and around the canyon heads using high resolution seismics and coring. To investigate the sedimentary sequence at the canyon mouth using sidescan sonar, seismics and coring.