RV Edward Forbes 13/78
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Edward Forbes (74EF) |
| Cruise identifier | 13/78 |
| Cruise period | 1978-08-16 — 1978-08-30 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To continue sediment transport studies in the Sizewell-Dunwich Banks area by measuring bedload transport, using a fluorescent tracer technique. To deploy current meters to measure current speeds and directions during the experiment, and to box core to measure the depth of mixing of the tracer after the first survey. |
| Chief scientist | Barbara J Lees (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Taunton) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | Quantity: 2 Description: 2 months |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: 1 Description: sediment transport(injections) |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: 4 Description: bedload,fluorescence tracer(surveys) |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 9 |
