RV Clione CLI10/73
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI10/73 |
| Cruise period | 1973-06-14 — 1973-06-28 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To survey the distribution of selected dissolved and particulate trace
metals (cadmium, copper, mercury, nickel and zinc) in the English coastal region of the North Sea, the northern North Sea and the eastern English Channel. 2. To survey the distribution of selected trace metals (cadmium, copper, mercury, zinc, lead and manganese), organic carbon, carbonate and particle size of surface sediments collected at water sampling stations. 3. To measure the ultraviolet absorption of sea water as an index of its dissolved organic content. 4. To collect water samples for the analysis of caesium radioactivity. 5. To release sea bed drifters off Blyth in the sprat fishing area. |
| Chief scientist | Peter G W Jones (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.16 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of measurements = 123 Description: S only |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 5 Description: 123 T surface 60 S bottom |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Description: drogues |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Trace elements | Quantity: number of samples = 123 |
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 9 |
| Contamination | |
| Other contaminant measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 123 Description: chemical pollution |
| Other contaminant measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 9 Description: radioactive pollutants |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC) | Quantity: number of samples = 123 |
| Meteorology | |
| Occasional standard measurements | |
| Other meteorological measurements | Description: sea and swell |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Dredge | Quantity: number of deployments = 102 |
