RV Corella 7/77
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 7/77 |
| Cruise period | 1977-05-09 — 1977-05-21 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To recover the array of current meter rigs laid by CORELLA in
March. 2. To work a standard hydrographic station and sample for Caesium 134 and 137 at each current meter station of the MAFF/IOS Bidston grid. 3. To test the suitability of the mini-scanner for use as an aid to the location of current meter rigs. 4. To moor two current meter rigs in the area between Smiths Knoll and the Silver Pit for Dr Greer Walker. |
| Chief scientist | G C Baxter (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.21 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Irish Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 31 Description: 32 S surface |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of stations = 11 Description: 11 stations recovered and 2 redeployed |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 71 Description: 137Cs |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Other geological/geophysical measurements | Quantity: number of experiments = 2 Description: trials of miniscanner |
