Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Tellina (74TE) |
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Cruise identifier | 2/74 |
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Cruise period | 1974-02-11 — 1974-02-21 |
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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 conduct a grid survey of five particulate sediments in the Lowestoft area.
2. To study the variations in suspended sediment content of the water with current velocity at fixed stations over a tidal cycle.
3. To collect samples of mud and benthic fauna for laboratory investigations.
4. To collect surface samples for phosphate analysis. |
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Chief scientist | J A Bedwell (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.13 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 11 Description: S surface 2 T surface |
Current meters | Quantity: 2 |
Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: 2 Description: half hour readings over a tidal gate of water velocity and direction,suspended sediment,temp.,sal.,and phosphate |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Phosphate | Quantity: 11 |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Dredge | Quantity: number of deployments = 84 Description: 2 physical analysis of sediments |