RV Cirolana CIR9/90
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR9/90 |
| Cruise period | 1990-10-14 — 1990-10-23 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Wallsend, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To collect samples of sediment and benthos from various North Sea Task Force stations.
2. To identify sites for long term monitoring on sediment quality and benthos. 3. To collect samples for the Joint Monitoring Group baseline sediment survey. 4. To collect sediment samples around the Tyne sewage sludge disposal site. |
| Chief scientist | Steven M Rowlatt (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Burnham Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.04 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | North Sea, English Channel and SW approaches |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 15 Description: surface S only |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Dredge | Quantity: number of deployments = 9 |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 131 |
