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RV Corystes COR3A/89
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Corystes (74RY) |
Cruise identifier | COR3A/89 |
Cruise period | 1989-02-21 — 1989-03-04 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Workington, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. To carry out propulsion trials.
2. To collect surface seawater samples at all stations on the proposed track and at selected stations to collect midwater and/or near bottom seawater samples for radiocaesium analysis. 3. To collect surface seawater at selected stations in the vicinity of UKAEA Winfrith to determine cobalt speciation and suspended particle load. |
Chief scientist | A K Steele (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.11 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel North Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
Specific | English Channel, Irish Sea and West of Scotland |
Track charts | |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 112 Description: with salinity at surface and bottom |
Chemical oceanography | |
Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 106 |
Contamination | |
Suspended matter |