RV Corella 12/71
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 12/71 |
| Cruise period | 1971-07-12 — 1971-07-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To measure the rates of dispersal of soluble and particulate matter by
means of release of Rhodamine B and radioactive Lanthanum respectively. 2. To lay an array of moored current meters. 3. To measure hydrographic parameters relevant to the dispersion studies. 4. To compare the performance of the Zone Research Model 701 fluororneter with the Turner instrument. |
| Chief scientist | John W Talbot (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.21 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | 54.20-55N 00.30W-02E |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 3 Description: 9 with S only |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 2 Description: 7 days |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of surveys = 2 Description: dynamic diffusion;dye/tracer |
| Meteorology | |
| Other meteorological measurements | Description: sea and swell |
