RV Cirolana CIR10/77
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR10/77 |
| Cruise period | 1977-09-20 — 1977-10-04 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To continue the examination of the distribution of Caesium-134, Caesium-137, Plutonium-238, Plutonium-239/240 and Americium-241 in seawater of the Irish Sea and its approaches.
2. To collect and weigh the total suspended load in seawater at selected stations. 3. To collect grab and/or core samples of the seabed in the Irish Sea and off the west and north coast of Scotland. 4. To record the gamma count rate, in a selected energy range, from surface seawater of the Irish Sea and at depth in the vicinity of B.N.F.L. Windscale |
| Chief scientist | Douglas F Jefferies (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.32 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Norwegian Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: T only |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 134 Description: S surface 49 S bottom |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Radioactivity | Description: cont.radioactivity msmnts. |
| Contamination | |
| Other contaminant measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 134 Description: 134Cs & 137Cs Msmnts of transuranic elements in sea water,suspended load and sediment at selected sts |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of samples = 139 Description: monitoring & surveillance |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 57 Description: physical analysis of sediments |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 7 |
| Other geological/geophysical measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 57 Description: radiochemical analysis of sediments |
