RV Clione CLI5A/84
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI5A/84 |
| Cruise period | 1984-04-11 — 1984-04-24 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a baseline hydrocarbon survey in areas of the North Sea licensed for oil exploration, and adjacent areas proposed for licensing in the future.
2. To collect samples of water and sediment from the vicinity of the Humber, Tees and Tyne estuaries for hydrocarbon and exploratory GC-MS analysis. 3. To collect samples of sea water for trace metals analysis from both estuarine and offshore areas. 4. To attempt recovery of a TTN rig lost during CLIONE 4/84 off the island of Texel. This was unsuccessful. 5. To collect sediment samples from 10 stations in the southern part of the working area. These were requested by Dr Moore of Heriot-Watt University who is investigating the distribution of meiofauna. |
| Chief scientist | Robin John Law (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Burnham Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | NE Coast/Central North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 33 Description: S only |
| Contamination | |
| Trace metals | Quantity: number of samples = 35 Description: samples collected by means of both azlon surface samplers operated with a hand line, and teflon coated Go-Flo bottles for trace metals analysis. |
| Chlorinated hydrocarbons | Quantity: number of samples = 76 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of samples = 10 Description: sediment samples to determine distribution of meiofauna. |
