West Coast Physical Oceanography on the Africana Voyage 019, May 1984

Africana Cruise 019 lasted from May 7 to May 17th 1984 and undertook several scientific tasks. The first part of the cruise was mostly devoted to bathymetric and geophysical (continuous reflection seismic) surveys in the region of the Cape Canyon of SW Cape. These surveys were the responsibility of personnel from the Marine Geoscience Unit of the University of Cape Town, and were done as part of a collaborative project with officers of the Sea Fisheries Research Institute who have an interest in the physiography of the Canyon and adjacent areas. The project received nominal financial support during 1984 from the SANCOR CSP Marine Sedimentology Programme.