RV Tellina 2/74
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Tellina (74TE) |
| Cruise identifier | 2/74 |
| Cruise period | 1974-02-11 — 1974-02-21 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| 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. |
| Chief scientist | J A Bedwell (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.13 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| 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 | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: 11 |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Dredge | Quantity: number of deployments = 84 Description: 2 physical analysis of sediments |
