BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RRS James Cook (740H) cruise JC010_1 (JC10)
Introduction
This report collates information from the BODC cruise inventory and oceanographic databases. It presents
- Cruise Inventory Information
- A summary of BODC data holdings for the cruise from the
- References - including cruise tracks and cruise reports
Cruise Inventory Information
| Long name | RRS James Cook (740H) cruise JC010_1 (JC10) |
|---|---|
| Short name | JC010_1 (JC10) |
| Objectives and Narrative |
The major objective of RRS James Cook 10 was to increase our understanding of how seafloor environmental variables affect the biodiversity, structure, function and dynamics of faunal communities in two specific 'biological hotspot' environments, mud volcanoes and submarine canyons, on the NE Atlantic continental slope. The cruise was jointly supported by OCEANS 2025 (Theme 5) and the EU Hotspot Environment Research on the Margins of European Seas (HERMES) project.
The cruise comprises three legs, of which this is the first. The objective of this leg was to improve understanding of the processes involved in transporting organic-rich fluids from the geosphere into the biosphere. To achieve this goal, a series of ROV dives investigating mud volcanoes in the Gulf of Cadiz, addressing the following scientific questions: 1) What are the rates of fluid venting and what is the source of the fluids? 2) What is the composition of cold-seep communities associated with the mud volcanoes and how do these compare to cold-seep communities from other areas in the Atlantic and elsewhere? 3) What is the total contribution of mud volcanoes to the carbon cycle in the Gulf of Cadiz? 4) Does the new NOC methane sensors produce good results at a range of water depths? |
| Ship | RRS James Cook |
| Departure Port | Vigo, Spain |
| Departure Date | 2007-05-13 |
| Arrival Port | Cadiz, Spain |
| Arrival Date | 2007-06-02 |
| Principal Scientist(s) | Philip P E Weaver (National Oceanography Centre, Southampton) |
| Responsible Organisation | National Oceanography Centre, Southampton |
| Associated Project(s) | HERMES |
| IHB Sea Areas Visited | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Marsden Squares Visited | 109/110 |
| Work Area Description | Gulf of Cadiz |
| Unable to lookup cruise bounds at this time | |
| Work Area Bounding Polygon | |
| Southern Limit | unknown |
| Northern Limit | unknown |
| Western Limit | unknown |
| Eastern Limit | unknown |
Cruise Inventory Datasets
| Chemical oceanography | |
|---|---|
| Other chemical oceanographic measurements |
Quantity:
number of samples =
89
Description: Aquamonitor water samples collected at depth for later analysis of oxygen, nutrients, ICP spectrometer measurements and methane |
| Other dissolved gases |
Quantity:
number of samples =
89
Description: Aquamonitor water samples collected at depth for later analysis of oxygen, nutrients, ICP spectrometer measurements and methane |
| Oxygen |
Quantity:
number of samples =
89
Description: Aquamonitor water samples collected at depth for later analysis of oxygen, nutrients, ICP spectrometer measurements and methane |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement |
Quantity:
number of samples =
18
Description: biological: 2 colonisation, 6 scoop, 4 suction and 6 claw samples |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Core - soft bottom |
Quantity:
number of cores =
99
Description: 12 piston cores, 14 megacores, 19 gravity cores, 1 K core and 53 push cores |
| In-situ seafloor measurement/sampling |
Quantity:
number of surveys =
21
Description: ISIS ROV dives to investigate mud volcanoes in the Gulf of Cadiz, swath bathymetry |
| Other geological/geophysical measurements |
Quantity:
number of samples =
36
Description: Heatflow |
| Other geological/geophysical measurements |
Quantity:
number of samples =
16
Description: Rock |
Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations
No information on datasets is currently available
Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise
National Oceanographic Database
No data currently held for this cruise in the BODC National Oceanographic Database
Project Database
| # Events | Gear Type | Parameters Held |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Gravity Corer | |
| 12 | Piston corer |
Nitrogen concentrations in suspended particulate material Carbon concentrations in sediment |
Note: Parameter terms are taken from the BODC Parameter Discovery Vocabulary XML (SKOS)
