RV Cirolana CIR11/77
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR11/77 |
| Cruise period | 1977-10-12 — 1977-11-08 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Falmouth, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To lay 3 long-term current meter moorings in the southern trench of the Gibbs Fracture Zone (Mid Atlantic Ridge) at 52 degrees 10'N 31 degrees 00' W approximately.
2. To lay a long-term current meter mooring at the southern approaches to the Rockall Channel (52°3O'N 17°45'W) as part of the existing NEADS network. 3. To work a TSD/Nansen hydrocast section from the latter site to the IOS NEADS site at 46N 17W 4. To obtain cores of deep sea sediments. 5. To work echo-sounder transects in the vicinity of the Gibbs Fracture Zone for A S Laughton, IOS. 6. To service the JONSIS moorings. |
| Chief scientist | Robert R Dickson (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.27 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 19 |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 4 |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Description: echo sounder profile of seabed |
