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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for RRS Charles Darwin (74AB) cruise CD89

Introduction

This report collates information from the BODC cruise inventory and oceanographic databases. It presents

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name RRS Charles Darwin (74AB) cruise CD89
Short name CD89
Objectives and Narrative Geological and geophysical controls upon the nature of hydrothermal venting on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. (HEAT)
Ship RRS Charles Darwin
Departure Port Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Departure Date 1994-08-19
Arrival Port Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Arrival Date 1994-09-13
Principal Scientist(s) Christopher R German (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Deacon Laboratory)
Responsible Organisation Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Deacon Laboratory
Associated Project(s) MARFLUX/AJT; BRIDGE
IHB Sea Areas Visited North Atlantic Ocean
Marsden Squares Visited 111/112
Work Area Description Mid-Atlantic ridge, S. of Azores triple junction, 36-39N,30-34W
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Work Area Bounding Polygon
Southern Limit unknown
Northern Limit unknown
Western Limit unknown
Eastern Limit unknown

Cruise Inventory Datasets

Physical oceanography  
Bathythermograph Quantity: number of profiles = 31
Description: T-05 and T-07 XBT probes  
CTD stations Quantity: number of profiles = 12
Description: Neil Brown MK III Chelsea MK II nephelometer & Sea Tech transmissometer  
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements Quantity: number of deployments = 10
Description: OSU ZAPS sled with CTD, transmissometer, nephelometer, Mn sensor and water bottles.  
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements Quantity: number of deployments = 7
Description: Dynamic Hydrocast water sampling system with CTD. Samples analysed for 3He, Mn, methane and Si.  
Transparency (eg transmissometer) Quantity: number of deployments = 10
Description: OSU ZAPS sled with CTD, transmissometer, nephelometer, Mn sensor and water bottles.  
Water bottle stations Quantity: number of profiles = 12
Description: CTD rosette  
Chemical oceanography  
Isotopes Quantity: number of profiles = 6
Description: CTD rosette samples analysed for 3He, Mn, methane and Si.  
Isotopes Quantity: number of deployments = 7
Description: Dynamic Hydrocast water sampling system with CTD. Samples analysed for 3He, Mn, methane and Si.  
Other chemical oceanographic measurements Quantity: number of deployments = 10
Description: OSU ZAPS sled with CTD, transmissometer, nephelometer, Mn sensor and water bottles.  
Other dissolved gases Quantity: number of deployments = 7
Description: Dynamic Hydrocast water sampling system with CTD. Samples analysed for 3He, Mn, methane and Si.  
Other dissolved gases Quantity: number of profiles = 6
Description: CTD rosette samples analysed for 3He, Mn, methane and Si.  
Silicate Quantity: number of profiles = 6
Description: CTD rosette samples analysed for 3He, Mn, methane and Si.  
Silicate Quantity: number of deployments = 7
Description: Dynamic Hydrocast water sampling system with CTD. Samples analysed for 3He, Mn, methane and Si.  
Trace elements Quantity: number of profiles = 5
Description: 4 stand alone pumps for in-situ filtration of for large volume plume samples on each deployment.  
Trace elements Quantity: number of deployments = 7
Description: Dynamic Hydrocast water sampling system with CTD. Samples analysed for 3He, Mn, methane and Si.  
Trace elements Quantity: number of profiles = 6
Description: CTD rosette samples analysed for 3He, Mn, methane and Si.  
Contamination  
Suspended matter Quantity: number of profiles = 5
Description: 4 stand alone pumps for in-situ filtration of for large volume plume samples on each deployment.  
Biology and fisheries  
Benthic bacteria/micro-organisms Quantity: number of profiles = 5
Description: 4 stand alone pumps for in-situ filtration of for large volume plume samples on each deployment.  
Pelagic bacteria/micro-organisms Quantity: number of profiles = 5
Description: 4 stand alone pumps for in-situ filtration of for large volume plume samples on each deployment.  
Pelagic bacteria/micro-organisms Quantity: number of profiles = 5
Description: Samples from CTD rosette for total bacterial counts, EM, EDAX, DNA extraction  
Geology and geophysics  
Core - soft bottom Quantity: number of cores = 1
Description: 1m gravity core in mid-ocean ridge fracture zone sediment (carbonate ooze)  
Long/short range side scan sonar Quantity: number of deployments = 5
Description: TOBI tows each between 16.5 hours and 72 hours (total approximately 9 days).  

Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

No information on datasets is currently available

Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise

National Oceanographic Database

Summary

# Series Instrument Description Parameters
12 CTD/STD cast Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates

Note: Parameter terms are taken from the BODC Parameter Discovery Vocabulary XML (SKOS)

Full List

BODC Reference Instrument Description Date/Time Location  
474525 CTD/STD cast 1994-08-23 16:01Z 36° 40' N, 33° 19' W Click for more
474537 CTD/STD cast 1994-08-24 05:02Z 36° 37' N, 33° 20' W Click for more
474549 CTD/STD cast 1994-09-04 11:36Z 37° 41' N, 31° 31' W Click for more
474550 CTD/STD cast 1994-09-04 13:42Z 37° 50' N, 31° 31' W Click for more
474562 CTD/STD cast 1994-09-05 13:33Z 37° 17' N, 32° 16' W Click for more
474574 CTD/STD cast 1994-09-05 15:11Z 37° 17' N, 32° 16' W Click for more
474586 CTD/STD cast 1994-09-06 00:20Z 37° 3' N, 32° 31' W Click for more
474598 CTD/STD cast 1994-09-06 03:30Z 37° 2' N, 32° 25' W Click for more
474605 CTD/STD cast 1994-09-06 22:56Z 37° 3' N, 32° 24' W Click for more
474617 CTD/STD cast 1994-09-09 04:10Z 36° 16' N, 33° 45' W Click for more
474629 CTD/STD cast 1994-09-09 07:04Z 36° 15' N, 33° 50' W Click for more
474630 CTD/STD cast 1994-09-11 05:45Z 36° 16' N, 33° 51' W Click for more

Project Database

No data currently held for this cruise in the BODC Project Database

References

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Reports

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