Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
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Cruise identifier | CLI5B/86 |
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Cruise period | 1986-04-15 — 1986-05-01 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Fleetwood, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To collect surface seawater samples at all stations on the proposed track and at selected stations to collect nearbottom seawater samples for radiocaesium analysis.
2. At one station in the vicinity of St Bees Head, to measure the suspended load in the water column over a tidal cycle. |
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Chief scientist | A K Steele (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.10 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel Bristol Channel North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Specific | Irish Sea/ Celtic Sea/ British Isles (coastal waters) |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 128 Description: S surface 100 S bottom |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 228 Description: samples taken for 137Cs.128 surface & 100 near bottom. |