Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Tellina (74TE) |
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Cruise identifier | 2A/69 |
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Cruise period | 1969-02-24 — 1969-03-08 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Lowestoft, 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 test sampling equipment and techniques for trace element determination.
2. To prove methods for the determination of stable and radioactive caesium in seawater.
3. If weather and time permit, to carry out a survey of radionuclides and their stable counterparts in the Blackwater Estuary. |
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Chief scientist | A K Steele (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.07 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: at each station at each depth a sample of seawater was taken for salinity determination |
Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of samples = 5 Description: the centre and corners of a mile box were sampled at surface, midwater and bottom using a 1litre NIO sampler |
Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of species = 12 Description: surface seawater samples out hourly intervals from the centre station |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of samples = 4 Description: 25 litre samples from the surface, midwater and bottom using a 16 litre Van Dorn sample |
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 5 Description: the centre and corners of a mile box were sampled at surface, midwater and bottom using a 1litre NIO sampler |
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: at each station at each depth a sample of seawater was taken for salinity determination |