RV Tellina 5/76
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Tellina (74TE) |
| Cruise identifier | 5/76 |
| Cruise period | 1976-04-08 — 1976-04-12 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To continue the benthic survey of fine particulate sediments off Lowestoft and to take shear stress measurements using a hand-held viscometer.
2. To study the variations in suspended sediment content of the water column with current velocity at fixed stations over a tidal cycle. 3. To collect samples of mud and benthic fauna for laboratory investigations. 4. To investigate the production of a fluid mud stream by a dredger when dumping its load. |
| Chief scientist | J A Bedwell (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | Quantity: 3 Description: 13 hours |
| Contamination | |
| Suspended matter | Quantity: 2 |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 53 Description: physical analysis of sediments |
