RV Cirolana CIR7/81
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR7/81 |
| Cruise period | 1981-07-08 — 1981-08-05 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To continue the examination of the distribution of caesium-137, caesium-134, strontium-90, plutonium-238, plutonium-239/240 and americium-241 in seawater.
2. To continue work on the examination of the oxidation states of plutonium and americium, om seawater. 3. To determine the suspended load in seawter especially at stations where samples were to be analysed for plutonium. 4. To collect large volume samples of surface seawater in 6 areas north of 70ºN, and initially prepare on board for the determination of 134Cs and 137Cs by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. 5. To retain samples of suspended load from surface and bottom water for Dr R K O'Nions (University of Cambridge). All aims were achieved but with some modification and additions to the original propsed programme. |
| Chief scientist | Douglas F Jefferies (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.17 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Barents Sea North Sea Greenland Sea Norwegian Sea |
| Specific | North Sea,Norwegian Sea,Barents Sea,W.Spitzbergen,N.E.Greenland |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: T only |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 190 Description: 190 S surface |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 95 Description: CTD was run and plots of salinity, temperature and in situ density were obtained by use of the Hewlett Packard computer. |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of stations = 190 Description: surface and depth samples for analysis |
