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THE Department of Geodesy and Geophysics, University of Cambridge, is to make a gravity survey on board H.M. Submarine Talent in the English Channel during May. The project is being carried out under the auspices of the Royal Society with the full co-operation of the Royal Navy. The object of the expedition is to obtain information about the structure of the channel basin which should help in interpreting the relation of the geology of southern England to that of the Continent. The cruise will last for four weeks and cover the area between England and France from Plymouth to Hastings. H.M. Submarine Talent will be manned by her normal complement of officers and men of the Royal Navy, but three civilian scientific workers, Mr. B. C. Browne, Mr. R. I. B. Cooper and Mr. R. L. G. Gilbert, will also be on board. She will be equipped with special apparatus, some of which has generously been lent by the Danish Geodetic Commission. Accurate measurement of this kind can only be made under very steady conditions, such as those found by a submarine at a depth of 100-200 ft. This method of working was originally devised by the Dutch geophysicist, Prof. F. A. Vening-Meinesz, and has been widely used by him. Similar work has also been carried out by the United States, France, Italy, the U.S.S.R., Japan, and Britain. A British expedition in August 1946 on board H.M.S. Tudor surveyed an area from the north coast of Spain to the Rockall Bank. Besides valuable scientific results, the experience gained showed how the apparatus and technique might be improved.
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Submarine Gravity Survey in the English Channel. Nature 161, 272 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161272b0
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