RV Sarsia 4/76
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Sarsia (74SR) |
| Cruise identifier | 4/76 |
| Cruise period | 1976-04-05 — 1976-04-15 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The aim of this cruise was to continue and extend the measurements being made of sediment transport by turbulent tidal streams. A rig was deployed on the seabed, carrying instruments to measure the currents and monitor the seabed movement. Three experiments were planned, two to investigate the turbulent structure of the boundary layer and the third to investigate the suspended sediment concentration. |
| Chief scientist | Richard L Soulsby (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Taunton) |
| Cruise report |  (0.27 MB) (0.37 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
| Current meters | Quantity: 4 |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: 2 Description: electromagnetic current meters for turbulence measurements |
| Contamination | |
| Suspended matter | Quantity: 1 |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 3 Description: 1 physical analysis of sediments |
| Bottom photography | Quantity: 1 Description: underwater TV of seabed |
| Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: number of stations = 2 Description: EG & G sidescan sona to view the position of the rig relative to the surrounding topography. |
