Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RRS John Murray (74MJ) |
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Cruise identifier | JM14/77 |
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Cruise period | 1977-11-11 — 1977-11-17 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1) At four anchor stations to the study the release of chemical compounds from bottom sediments as a result of tidal disturbances
2) To collect and filter seawater samples from five stations in Swansea Bay for return to Plymouth for bio-assay experiments. |
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Chief scientist | Peter G Watson (Institute of Marine Environmental Research, Plymouth) |
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Cruise report | (0.10 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Bristol Channel |
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Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 3 Description: surface only |
CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Other dissolved gases | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
pH | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
Trace elements | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
Contamination | |
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Suspended matter | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
Trace metals | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 3 Description: chemical analysis of sediments |