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RV Cirolana CIR10A/80

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Cirolana (74CZ)
Cruise identifierCIR10A/80
Cruise period1980-11-07 — 1980-11-30
StatusCompleted
Port of departureGrimsby, United Kingdom
Port of returnBelfast, United Kingdom
ObjectivesChemistry/ Physical
Chief scientistJohn W Talbot (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory)
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralIrish Sea and St. George's Channel
SpecificIrish Sea
Track chartsRV Cirolana CIR10A/80 cruise track — trk2511.html RV Cirolana CIR10A/80 cruise track — trk2511a.html
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Description: T only
Water bottle stationsQuantity: number of stations = 14
Current metersQuantity: number of deployments = 2
Description: 13 days
Surface drifters/drifting buoysQuantity: number of deployments = 1400
Description: bottom
Chemical oceanography 
IsotopesQuantity: number of samples = 81
Contamination 
Suspended matter
Geology and geophysics 
GrabQuantity: number of samples = 2
Core - soft bottomQuantity: number of cores = 100
In-situ seafloor measurement/samplingDescription: Analysis of seabed and seawater radioactivity