RV Cirolana CIR6A/86
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR6A/86 |
| Cruise period | 1986-06-18 — 1986-06-30 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Falmouth, United Kingdom |
| Objectives | 1. To work a network a CTD and rosette array stations for the collection of water samples for tritium determination, centred on the NEA dumpsite.
2. To work three stations for plutonium determination. At one of these sites additional water will be collected to enable a Kd determination to be made. 3. To make XBT and surface seawater samples (on passage) for caesium determination. |
| Chief scientist | Paul A Gurbutt (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.06 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | N.E. Atlantic |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Bathythermograph | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 11 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 11 |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 11 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 11 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 11 |
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of stations = 13 Description: 11 tritium plus 2 plutonium |
