RV Belgica 2006-08
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Belgica (11BE) |
| Cruise identifier | 2006-08 |
| Cruise period | 2006-04-18 — 2006-04-21 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Zeebrugge, Belgium |
| Port of return | Zeebrugge, Belgium |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. BEL-COLOUR: Optical Remote Sensing of coastal waters
2. Research programme MOMO - study of the chesive sediments on the Belgian Continental Shelf, the alterations of sediment characteristics due to dredging and dumping operations. 3. Study of the impact of sand extraction on the Belgian Continental Shelf and in Belgian territorial waters. |
| Chief scientist | Kevin Ruddick (RBINS Management Unit of North Sea and Scheldt Estuary Mathematical Models, Ostend) |
| NPRC |  (0.35 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Belgian, French, Dutch and UK continental shelves |
