RV Corella 3/81
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 3/81 |
| Cruise period | 1981-02-17 — 1981-02-27 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Yarmouth, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a side scan sonar survey of the Roughs Tower dumping site.
2. To carry out a water quality survey over the Tyne sewage sludge dump site and surrounding area. 3. To work three tidal anchor stations between the mouth of the River Tyne and the dump site. |
| Chief scientist | A R Folkard (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Thames Estuary, Tyne |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 77 Description: S surface 44 S bottom |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 54 Description: 40 with S only |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 2 Description: DRCM instruments;14 hours |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Other dissolved gases | Quantity: number of stations = 27 |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 52 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 52 |
| Nitrite | Quantity: number of stations = 54 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 54 |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | |
| Long/short range side scan sonar | Description: side-scan sonar survey. |
