RV Squilla
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Squilla (740G) |
| Cruise period | 1981-07-28 — 1981-08-03 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To continue the measurements of the threshold and rates of movements of gravel in relation to boundary layer flow.
2. To carry out preliminary field trials to ascertain the noise levels and frequency spectra produced by gravel movement. |
| Chief scientist | D Nicholas Langhorne (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Taunton) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | 50 43'N,001 29'W |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | Quantity: 4 Description: 10 hours |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Sediment traps | Quantity: 16 |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Bottom photography | Quantity: activity duration in hours = 40 Description: tv |
